More than 500,000 displaced Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza over the past 72 hours, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the Hamas-run media office.
\"More than half a million displaced Palestinians have returned in the past 72 hours from the southern and central governorates to Gaza and northern governorates via Al-Rashid and Salah Al-Din roads,\" the media office announced.
The mass return comes as Israel began allowing displaced people to move back to the north of the Gaza Strip on Monday, following a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that paused 15 months of fighting.
Hamas's armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, also announced it would release three Israeli detainees on Thursday. In response, Israeli public radio reported that Israel would free 110 Palestinian prisoners in exchange.
Meanwhile, Gaza's health authorities reported that hospitals received 63 bodies in the past 24 hours. Among them, 59 were recovered from rubble, two succumbed to injuries, and two were new fatalities. This brings the total death toll since October 7, 2023, to 47,417, with 111,571 injured, according to the authorities.
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