Palestinians walk along the “Netzarim corridor” in central Gaza yesterday to return to their homes. (AFP)
Gaza City: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City yesterday. Two years of Israeli offensive has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
According to Gaza's civil defence agency, more than 500,000 Palestinians had returned to Gaza City by yesterday evening.
Drone footage shot by AFP showed whole city blocks reduced to a twisted mess of concrete and steel reinforcing wire. The walls and windows of five-storey apartment blocks had been torn off and now lay choking the roadsides as disconsolate residents poked through the rubble.
The UN humanitarian office says Israel has allowed agencies to start transporting 170,000 tonnes of aid into Gaza if the ceasefire holds. Men, women and children navigated streets filled with rubble, searching for homes amid collapsed concrete slabs, destroyed vehicles and debris.
