135,000 tents and caravans are urgently and immediately needed in the Gaza and northern provinces, Gaza's Government Media Office stressed on Monday. 

In an official statement, the government revealed that the Israeli destruction of Gaza impacted 90% of its infrastructure, calling on the international community, as well as international organizations and Arab nations to open crossings and deliver the essential necessities to shelter the Palestinian people. 

Thousands of Palestinians have begun their return to Gaza City and northern Gaza through the Netzarim crossing in the central district. 

At exactly 9:00 am on Monday, displaced Palestinians were allowed to return to the northern area in vehicles, which will be searched, through Salah al-Din Street. 

Thousands had spent their last two nights outdoors on al-Rashid and Salah al-Din streets, despite the piercing cold, waiting for the Israeli occupation forces to allow them to return to their homes after months of forced displacement to the south. 

Hamas hailed the return of the Palestinian people to their neighborhoods and homes as a victory for the people and a declaration of the defeat of the occupation and its plots for displacement.

In a statement released on the occasion, the Resistance stressed that the scenes of the popular Palestinian crowds returning to the cities they were forced to leave, despite the destruction of their homes, attest to their greatness and deep-rooted connection to their land, regardless of the depth of their pain and tragedy. 

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