Thousands of Palestinian families returning to their homes in northern Gaza after a ceasefire with Israel are facing dire conditions. Homes have been bombed out, leaving many without access to basic necessities like water, electricity, and food. The joy of returning home is quickly fading as the reality of their situation sets in.
Displaced Palestinians walk on a road in central Gaza to return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on Jan. 29.The joy of thousands of Palestinian families who made it back home in north Gaza after a ceasefire with Israel is turning to despair as the cold reality of uninhabitable, bombed-out homes and dire shortages of basic supplies sets in.
Many of those returning, often laden with what personal possessions they still had after months of being shunted around as battlegrounds shifted, had trekked 20 km or more along the coastal highway. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office put the initial need of tents at 135,000, but the Hamas official said only around 2,000 had got in since the deal took effect on Jan. 19.
Seven hostages and 290 prisoners have so far been exchanged. Three more hostages are to be swapped for tens of Palestinian detainees on Thursday, according to Hamas and the smaller allied Islamic Jihad group.
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