Moving Images: Miles-Long Queue at Sea Due to Return of Hundreds of Thousands of Gaza Refugees

According to the media office of Hamas, around 300,000 people returned to their hometowns in the north alone on Monday. The figures from the militant Palestinian organisation could not initially be independently verified. Israel's ground offensive began in the north of the Gaza Strip at the end of October 2023. Hundreds of thousands of residents were displaced to the south of the area during the more than 15-month war, where they mostly lived in makeshift tent camps. However, there is also general destruction in the north.

According to media reports, residents of the Israeli border area are now afraid of a resurgence of Hamas and a repetition of the massacre on October 7, 2023, with more than 1,200 dead. Many of the thousands of attackers had then come across the border from the north of the Gaza Strip.

Return of Displaced People in Gaza Strip Sparks Criticism in Israel

Following the return of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian internally displaced persons to the north of the Gaza Strip in the wake of the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Israel's opposition leader criticised the government: The fact that the residents of Gaza returned to their homes "before all residents of the (Israeli) Gaza border area have returned to their homes, is the heartbreaking proof that this government simply cannot lead the country," said Yair Lapid on X.

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