<article data-history-node-id="429943" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-attacks-displaced-palestinians-return-route-gaza-despite" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-attacks-displaced-palestinians-return-route-gaza-despite" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel attacks displaced Palestinians’ return route in Gaza despite ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Friday conducted strikes on the displaced Palestinians' return route in Gaza despite the ceasefire, Anadolu news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Thousands of displaced Palestinians headed towards Gaza City via Rashid Street after the ceasefire was announced.&nbsp;Israeli tanks were also filmed withdrawing from an area near the Jordanian Hospital in southern Gaza City.</p> <p>The interior ministry in Gaza on Friday said it will begin restoring order in the areas from which Israeli forces have withdrawn, urging citizens to be careful.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a statement, the ministry said that Israeli forces continue to block the road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>"We call on citizens to be careful before the ceasefire comes into effect, to ensure their safety," the statement said.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli forces have begun a pullback of troops from Gaza on Friday after Israel's Cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating 2-year-old war.

He threatened to withhold road funding from cities and counties if they do not remove “political ideologies” from their streets.