(25 Jan 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
South of Wadi Gaza, Central Gaza Strip – 25 January 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of displaced family lying on the ground, covering themselves, waiting to cross to the north of Gaza Strip
2. Various of baby sleeping on the ground
3. Various of displaced people gathering near fire to warm them selves
4. Various of displaced people with their children sitting on the ground
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Deiaa Abdel Rahman, displaced person from Gaza City:
"Our situation is difficult and distressing. In the winter and the cold, we are waiting for the checkpoint to be opened and we are waiting for a response from the Israelis, who have brought us to this situation, unable to protect ourselves or our children. In this situation and this cold, we are waiting to return to our homes, whether it’s destroyed or it remains. What is important is that we return. Whether we sleep or die, or get martyred in our homes is better than being humiliated in the streets"
6. Various of displaced families sitting on the ground
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Reda al-Ashram, displaced person from Gaza city:
"I came around 2 p.m., waiting for the road to open. They say it might be tomorrow morning. We wait despite the cold. We have been waiting for this moment for 15 months. God willing, they will open the road for us so we can cross."
8. Various of displaced families sitting on the ground waiting to cross
9. Various of baby crying
10. Various of displaced families waiting to cross
11. Various of displaced people gathering near fire to warm their self
12. Various of displaced people waiting near wadi Gaza to cross
STORYLINE:
Displaced Palestinian families huddled together outside on Saturday night, making small bonfires to fight the cold, as they waited for Israel’s military to allow their return to the north of Gaza Strip.
Israel had been expected to open the east-west Netzarim route, which bisects Gaza, on the seventh day of the ceasefire.
But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the pullback was on hold because of delays in the release of an Israeli civilian woman from captivity in Gaza.
Hamas released 4 female soldiers who had been held captive, Saturday.
However, a fifth female soldier in their unit, Agam Berger, 20, was abducted with them but not included in the list.
Mediators are trying to resolve the dispute.
One of the displaced waiting to cross into northern Gaza, Reda Al-Ashram, said she had been waiting since around 2 p.m. for the route north to be opened.
"We wait despite the cold. We have been waiting for this moment for 15 months. God willing, they will open the road for us so we can cross."
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