[News] Tens of thousands return to Northern Gaza in challenge to 'Israel'

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Tens of thousands return to Northern Gaza in challenge to 'Israel'
Al Mayadeen English
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The Israeli occupation's threats are falling on resilient, deaf ears as the
Palestinian residents of Gaza return to their homes in the north despite
these threats.
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   - Palestinians move to northern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah
   al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine, November 24,
   2023 (AP)

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been since the morning, the time
when the ceasefire deal went into effect, returning to the northern Gaza
Strip from the south, Israeli media reported on Friday.

The media added that the Israeli occupation forces will take strict
measures to prevent the Palestinians from moving between the south and
north of the Gaza Strip.

In response, Israeli Cabinet member Israel Katz told *Channel 12 *that "the
army is trying to prevent tens of thousands of Palestinians from returning
to the northern Gaza Strip," stating that "the situation in the north will
not return to what it was before."

Israeli Security Minister Yoav Galant reiterated that "the ceasefire is a
short truce, and the Israeli army will return with full force at its end."

Despite the threats from the Israeli occupation forces, which deployed
tanks and military vehicles in the north and had targeted the displaced
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-s-displaced-surrounded-by-incessant-israeli-bombings>
who left the northern Gaza Strip for the south, those same displaced
people, upon the implementation of the ceasefire in the early hours of
Friday, began to return to the North of Gaza. They flocked to their homes,
hospitals, and cemeteries in a blatant challenge to the Israeli occupation.

The Israeli occupation is "threatening to open fire on anyone that
approaches its forces stationed in the city of Beit Hanoun," an *Al
Mayadeen *correspondent reported.
Returning despite the threats

"The residents have started to return to Beit Hanoun with the withdrawal of
occupation forces and the beginning of the ceasefire," he added, noting
that the occupation forces, with their soldiers stationed in the town,
prevent residents from advancing.

Residents of Beit Hanoun confirmed that the occupation forces are opening
fire at those who try to pass a certain point in Beit Hanoun while our
correspondent explained that residents insist on inspecting their
properties regardless of the threats being made by the Israeli occupation
forces.

Some residents on Salah al-Din Street in the central Gaza Strip stated that
the occupation was opening fire toward gatherings of residents who came out
to inspect their properties, with its tanks positioned in front of Kuwait
Square.

Earlier in the day, aid and fuel trucks started to enter the Gaza Strip
through the Rafah crossing as the temporary ceasefire came into effect this
morning, lasting for four days. This period involves the release of several
detainees
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/abu-hamza--we-will-never-abandon-our-prisoners>,
including child detainees, from Israeli occupation prisons, along with the
entry of relief aid and quantities of fuel. In return, the Palestinian
resistance will release some of the captives
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hamas-committed-to-ceasefire--haniyeh-says>
in
its custody.

In the hours leading up to the implementation of the temporary truce, the
Israeli occupation forces carried out intensive airstrikes on the north,
central, and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, targeting schools that
shelter displaced people, hospitals, and residential buildings, resulting
in dozens of martyrs and injuries.
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