January 27, 2025 Footage Shows Thousands of Palestinians Returning to Destroyed Homes in Northern Gaza

These are the scenes as tens of thousands of Palestinians make their way to the most heavily destroyed part of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning, as Israel and Hamas agreed for another group of hostages to be released on Thursday.
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Israel officially lifted its closure of the north for the first time since the early weeks of the 15 month war with Hamas.
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The return of Palestinians was delayed as Israel refused to open checkpoints, due to alleged breaches of the ceasefire agreement. However the dispute was resolved overnight.
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Huge crowds of people were seen carrying their belongings on foot along a main highway running next to the coast.
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Zerohedge:
For the first time after nearly a year-and-a-half, tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip en masse.
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Photos and overhead drone footage reveal surprisingly large throngs of Gazan families returning to what are likely destroyed homes and communities on foot, sometimes carrying all possessions on their backs.
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Al Jazeera is capturing many of these scenes, and spoke with some of the returning displaced. "We want to go see our family. I want to see my mother and father. We haven’t seen them for 15 months. It’s a long time," Ahmad Adas, a young displaced Palestinian, told the outlet.
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And 19-year old Mohammed Adas described, "I haven’t seen my family for a year and a half. I’ve been waiting for three days to go to my parents. We are tired. I want to go to Gaza City, we’re not coming back here."
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The ceasefire has held after two rounds of hostage exchanges, and most of the displaced have been living in crowded and squalid tent camps or schools which have been turned into shelters.
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"Starting at 7 a.m., Palestinians were allowed to cross on foot without inspection through part of the so-called Netzarim Corridor, a military zone bisecting the territory just south of Gaza City that Israel carved out early in the war," Times of Israel details.
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"Massive crowds of people carrying their belongings on foot stretched along a coastal highway in a stunning reversal of the mass exodus from the north at the start of the war," the report continues.
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Read entire article HERE: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/stunning-images-show-tens-thousands-gazans-returning-destroyed-homes-foot
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Source of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYpPdTUAGNk