Palestinians en route to northern Gaza via Salah al-Din Street
Thousands of cars, trucks and carts are lined up in a slow-moving queue that stretches as far as the eye can see. They are moving slowly to the Netzarim Corridor [heading to northern Gaza].
They are carrying mattresses, blankets, household items and food supplies, precariously tied to the roofs of their vehicles. Many of the vehicles are carrying elderly people, women and children who are desperate to reunite with their family members. The situation here and journey to the north is overwhelming and exhausting.
Palestinians return to ruins in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoon city
People who returned to assess the damage to their homes [in the north] told us they found nothing but destruction and the remnants of their previous lives.
They’ve started again from scratch to rebuild what they lost. Many of them have set up their makeshift shelters again near the ruins of their destroyed homes.
Gaza’s Government Media Office has reiterated that there are not enough shelters for returning displaced families and has called for urgent, immediate assistance and more shelters.
Palestinians continue to return back to their homes after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, amid destruction in Beit Hanoon, Gaza on January 28
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