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Over 500,000 Palestinians return to northern Gaza in past three days

29 January 2025 18:26 (UTC +04:00)

Over the past 72 hours, more than 500,000 displaced Palestinians, who had been forced to leave their homes due to military operations, have returned to their residential areas in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates, the enclave's government said on its Telegram channel, APA reports citing TASS.

However, it provided no information on the number of Gaza residents who are still planning to return to the north of the enclave.

On January 15, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s head of government and foreign minister, announced that Israel and Hamas, with successful mediation by Doha, Cairo, and Washington, had reached a deal to release hostages from Gaza and establish a ceasefire in the region. He stated that the agreement would take effect on January 19 and would be implemented in three phases. On the morning of January 27, Gaza residents started coming back homes.