Scrambling over sand banks and craters, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families describe the long trek back home to Nedal Hamdouna inside Gaza and Bel Trew

Joyous crowds of Palestinians, some holding babies or pushing wheelchairs, walked along a seaside road all day and into the night, carrying bedrolls, bottles of water and other belongings.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have embarked on journeys back to their homes in northern Gaza, after an agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas to release six more hostages. Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the release of six Israeli hostages this week and to allow displaced Gaza residents to return from the south to northern areas of the Strip,

Displaced Palestinians continued returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Wednesday after Israel lifted its closure of the north days earlier.