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Resistance hails return of north Gazans, Ben-Gvir displeased

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  • 27 Jan 2025 12:59
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Palestinian Resistance movements hail the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza, and the former Israeli police minister is expressing his dissatisfaction with what he described as a "reckless deal".

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    Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025. (AP)

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have started returning to northern Gaza following the ceasefire agreement between the occupation and Hamas, which involves the exchange of Israeli captives for Palestinian prisoners.

Hamas has announced it will release Israeli captive Arbel Yehud and two others by Friday, along with providing additional details about the conditions of those to be freed in the initial phase of the ceasefire agreement.

Resistance hails victory

In a statement, Hamas described the return of the displaced people as "a victory" for Palestinians and a defeat for the Israelis. 

It said the scenes of the return of Palestinians to the areas from which they had been displaced confirmed their connection to their land and once again proved “the failure of the occupation to achieve the aggressive goals of displacing people and breaking their steadfast will.”

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Similarly, the PIJ described the return as a response to those who once dreamed of forcing the exodus of Palestinians.

The group said, “In an epic scene, hundreds of thousands of our displaced people are returning to northern Gaza, an area, which had been turned into a heap of rubble as a result of Zionists’ atrocities,” the group said.

Ben-Gvir furious over return

Moreover, the Israeli occupation's former Police Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, condemned the return as a victory for the Hamas movement. 

He wrote on X that the reopening of the Netzarim highway this morning, along with the entry of tens of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza into northern Gaza, are clear symbols of Hamas' victory and another humiliating chapter of "the reckless deal." He added, "This is not what ‘complete victory’ looks like – this is what complete surrender looks like."

פתיחת ציר נצרים הבוקר והכנסת עשרות אלפי עזתים לצפון הרצועה הם תמונות הניצחון של חמאס וחלק משפיל נוסף בעסקה המופקרת. כך לא נראה ״ניצחון מוחלט״ - כך נראית כניעה מוחלטת.

חיילי צה"ל הגיבורים לא נלחמו ומסרו נפשם ברצועה כדי לאפשר את התמונות האלה.

חייבים לחזור למלחמה - ולהשמיד!

— איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) January 27, 2025

The Israeli soldiers did not fight and give their lives in the Gaza Strip to make these photos possible, he said, adding, “We must return to war – and destroy!”

Ben-Gvir resigned from his post earlier this month in protest of the ceasefire deal.

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