US EditionGazans trek to ruined homes as Israeli forces pull back under ceasefire
- On Friday, the ceasefire took effect at 12:00 and Israel began transferring around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, omitting high-profile detainee Marwan Barghouti from the list.
- As part of efforts to end the war ignited on October 7, 2023, US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan frames the swap and calls for Hamas disarmament amid contested Gaza governance.
- Aid groups and officials note the human toll: more than 67,000 Palestinians killed, around 90% of two million displaced, and $49 billion in damage, according to Gaza's Health Ministry and the European Union and World Bank damage assessment.
- Saturday, tens of thousands returned with around 50,000 arriving in Gaza City; COGAT said more than 500 trucks entered on Friday and about 200 U.S. troops arrived to assist.
- An international security force is envisioned with an unclear timeline, the United Nations approved expanded aid deliveries starting Sunday, and more than three out of every four buildings were destroyed.
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It is such an immense relief that there is a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. That the mass killings and sniper shootings of children will stop, that food can hopefully be
This Saturday night was the first “quiet” in the Gaza Strip after months of incessant bombings when a day of the expected ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, where its residents now focus on seeing what is left of their homes and recovering their dead. “Last night was a quiet night, the first night without bombing since the beginning of the war except for the days of calm of November 2023 and January 2025,” he told EFE Mohammad, a Gaza docto…
Palestinians in Gaza March North Again, Returning to Homes Turned to Rubble
It was the moment everyone in southern Gaza had been waiting for: the chance to return to their homes, or what remained of them, in Gaza City and northern Gaza. On October 10, as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, throngs of people began the march back north, moving up the coastal al-Rashid road in a sight reminiscent of Gazans’ historic return… Source
Ceasefire in Gaza: Hope Amid Ruins
Ceasefire in Gaza: Hope Amid Ruins Thousands of Palestinians made their way north along Gaza's coast on Saturday, marking a hopeful return to their devastated homes following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This significant truce, brokered by the U.S., has paused a devastating war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.Israeli forces have withdrawn under the first phase of the agreement, while Palestinians confront the grim reality of…
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