Gazans Move Towards Abandoned Homes As Israeli Forces Pull Back

Thousands of displaced Palestinians are streaming back towards their abandoned homes on Friday after a ceasefire deal was brokered between Israel and Hamas, and Israeli troops began pulling back from several war zones in parts of Gaza. A huge column of displaced Gazans filed north through the dust a...

A huge column of displaced Gazans filed north through the dust and rubble towards Gaza City, the enclave’s biggest urban area, which had been under attack just days ago in one of Israel’s biggest offensives of the war, Reuters reported.

“Thank God my house is still standing,” said Ismail Zayda, 40, in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City. “But the plaIsrael toIsrael.ce is destroyed, my neighbours’ houses are destroyed, entire districts have gone.”

The Israeli military said the ceasefire agreement had been activated at noon local time (0900 GMT). Israel’s government ratified the ceasefire with Hamas in the early hours of Friday, clearing the way to partially pull back troops and fully suspend hostilities in Gaza within 24 hours.

Hamas is expected to release the 20 living Israeli hostages within 72 hours, after which Israel will release 250 Palestinians serving long terms in Israeli prisons, and 1,700 others detained in Gaza during the war.

TVC previously reported that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has revealed that Hamas and Israel have agreed on the first phase of his plan for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and an exchange of captives.

Trump announced the groundbreaking development on his official Truth Social platform, saying, “I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan.”