Hundreds of Gazans, many of them carrying the same tarps and ropes they used as shelters in southern Gaza during the war with Israel, are waiting in Nuseirat (central Gaza) for the moment when the Israeli army will allow them to cross the Netzarim Corridor and return to the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Under the agreement worked out with Egyptian and Qatari mediators and backed by the United States, Israel was meant to allow Palestinians displaced from the homes in the north to return to their homes.