According to a security officer of Gaza, More than 200,000 displaced people returned to the north of Gaza in the two hours following the opening of the pass. The blocking places for cars were opened at 09:00 local time, two hours after the reopening of the pedestrian crossings, but the AFP reports delays for vehicles. The Gaza government has employed “more than 5,500” people to “facilitate the return of the displaced people” to Gaza City and the North. According to the government estimates, the population of Gaza City and the North will need 135,000 curtains and caravans to return to their destroyed houses.
«Many of us are moving to return to the north, but whoever arrived tells us that The water, electricity, food, medicines is missing. They tell us that the roads no longer exist and therefore the reference points are missing. It is also difficult to build a temporary tent. The houses were destroyed and those who went to look for their family members buried by the rubble did not find them: the remains were devoured by the dogs. It is like being trapped also because from the North, before a week, we cannot return to the South. But we need to return ». To speak to the ANSA is Mohammed Almajdalawi47 years old, churned through during the war south of Gaza in the field of Deir Al-Balah. It speaks Italian, what is needed to make himself understood, because he is a volunteer of ACS, an association of cooperation and solidarity, an Italian NGO.