US military forces began arriving in Israel overnight in order to staff the force that will oversee the implementation of a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, while thousands of Palestinians return to their homes where they see … only catastrophe

About 200 troops are expected to arrive over the weekend, coming from the United States and the bases of the Middle East. Admiral Brad Cooper, head of the US Central Administration (Centcom), has already arrived in Israel on Friday, according to ABC News.

Common Control Center with Arabian countries

According to US officials, the US mission does not provide for troops entering Gaza. Their role will be limited to creating a joint control center, which will coordinate the security forces involved in surveillance of the truce.

The venture will be attended by military from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and possibly the United Arab Emirates, based on operating on Egyptian territory.

The return of the Palestinians continues … In the ruins

At the same time, thousands of Palestinians continue their journey from the south to the city of Gaza, which began after the start of the truce on Friday.

Those who have already returned, however, saw a city almost completely leveled – without infrastructure, electricity or water.

Speaking to CNN, Ahmad Abu Watfa described the feeling of returning: “Even if our homes are destroyed, we will return, God will.”

According to the Israeli army, travel is allowed through the Al-Rashid coastal road and Salah al-Din, which crosses the center of Gaza.

Since the attack of Hamas on October 7, 2023 and the start of the war, almost the entire population of the northern part of Gaza had been displaced, while the continuous fierce Israeli operations have turned the area into a dirt.

Aerial photographs show huge areas literally leveled.

For their part, the United Nations confirms that famine is now prevalent throughout the Gaza Strip.

Human stories in the ruins

Magdi Fuad Mohammed al -Hur, 70, stands in front of the ruins of his home in the Tal Haua district.

“I’ve been working for my ten years to build this house. Now nothing was left to me. My children were killed, I and my wife are sick. Where to go? “

These testimonies multiply as more return to northern Gaza. Many find corpses in the ruins-33 only on Friday, according to the director of Al-Sifa Hospital.

Saire Hikmat Subb, from Bate Lahia, was getting ready to return north:

“I have been dissolved by constant movement. I have gathered and resumed scenes over twenty times. I hope this is the last one. “

Despite the uncertainty, the feeling is common: hope … in the ruins. A return not to life as it was, but at least in their place.