Palestinians in the north of the Gaza track prepared on Thursday (23) tents camps for the return of families who had fled the site due to the war.
According to the ceasefire schedule between Israel and Hamas, displaced people should return to the north of the Palestinian territory on Saturday (25).
Many of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who should return will find their homes ruined after an Israeli military offensive that lasted 15 months and devastated the enclave, and killed more than 47,000 residents of Gaza.
In October, the Israeli forces returned to northern areas in a large anti-Hamas operation focused on the Jabalia refugee camp, near the city of Gaza and the cities of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, cleaning the area of its inhabitants and destroying the most of its buildings.
“Is this the tent with which we dream of? It will have to fit 10 people. This tent is for my children who come from the south. Is this really a proper space? ” Asked Wael Jundiya as he prepared a tent.
“On Saturday, people will arrive from the south and flood the city. And where do you go? Fits 100, 200 people in this camp. And there are 1.5 million from the south, ”Jundiya told Reuters.
Israel launched his attack on Gaza after Hamas’s fighters broke into the border on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and doing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli counts.
Still on Thursday, Hamas published a statement stating that the return of displaced families would begin after Saturday’s exchange was completed and since the Israeli forces had retired from the coastal road to the north. At least four hostages should be delivered to Israel on Saturday.
Highlighting the concerns of many Palestinians about the strength of the stages in phases, an Israeli tank bombing killed two residents of Gaza in Rafah, southern Enclave, according to the local Civil Emergency Service.
The Israeli army said in a statement that soldiers shot an individual armed in Rafah, although he did not specify if the person was hit. The army reported shooting individuals in other parts of Gaza, but without confirming if anyone was injured or killed.
Returning on foot
Hamas stated that people would be allowed to return on foot on the coastal road, which means a walk of several kilometers to the official northern area, from which they could try to hitchhike in vehicles, which would be searched at control posts. Returning people should not carry weapons, according to the group.
Hamas Sami Abu Zuhri’s top employee stated that the group was in contact with several Arab and international representatives who would help in the return and relief operation, including tents supply. He said Hamas, who rules him, would start working immediately to fix homes not fully destroyed.
“We will invest all our abilities to help our people. The municipalities have plans to receive families returning to the north, including the assembly of tents for them, ”he told Reuters.
In Jabalia, the largest of the eight historic refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, and the focus of the Israeli campaign in the last three months, many have lived in their destroyed homes, with small bonfires to try to warm their children.
“They are talking about a truce, a ceasefire and the delivery of help. It’s been three days since we came back, and we couldn’t find water to drink. We could not find blankets to keep our children warm. We depend on bonfires all night. We want to have some firewood for the fire, we use plastic, which causes disease, ”said Mohammed Badr, father of 10 children.
His wife, a nidal, said he could not believe in total destruction.
“There is nothing left, you can’t walk on the streets. Houses collapsed on each other. You get lost, don’t know if this is your home or not, ”she said. “The smell of corpses and martyrs are on the streets.”
This content was originally published in residents of Gaza prepare tents for return from families after ceasefire on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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