Displaced Palestinian families began returning home to northern Gaza on Monday (Jan 27) morning in cars, trucks and on rickshaws that were overloaded with mattresses, food and the tents that served as shelters for over a year.
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00:00Displaced Palestinians set foot on Gaza City once again on Monday morning after months
00:10of the Gaza war.
00:12They hugged and took selfies with one another on their return home as part of a ceasefire
00:17agreement between Hamas and Israel.
00:21Israeli forces opened roadblocks and the first crossing point in central Gaza at 7am, with
00:27another crossing to open at 9am.
00:57Under the terms of the agreement, residents of northern Gaza were due to return over
01:17the weekend, but Israel said Hamas had broken the deal by failing to release civilian hostage
01:23Arbel Yehud and kept the crossings closed.
01:27Late on Sunday, mediators said Hamas had agreed to release Yehud and two other hostages before
01:33January 31st, and Israel would in return allow displaced Palestinians to return to northern
01:39Gaza starting on Monday morning.
01:42Authorities said around 650,000 Palestinians are expected to return home north of the enclave,
01:50most of which had been demolished by 15 months of Israeli attacks which have killed more
01:55than 47,000 Palestinians.