US envoy says displaced Gazans will be able to return to their homes in the north

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

The US envoy for the humanitarian situation in Gaza reiterates that Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza to the southern part of the enclave to escape the most intense areas of the IDF’s military operation against Hamas will eventually be able to return.

“Those now in the south must have every ability to return to the north, when that is safe to do. We do not see any enduring displacement, even within Gaza, from north to south,” David Satterfield tells reporters.

Many of the buildings in northern Gaza have been destroyed in the fighting.

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