Today's other headlines start in the Middle East. Israel allowed hundreds of thousands of

Palestinians to return to northern Gaza today after a two-day delay. Ghazans were ordered

to move south early in the war, stoking fears they'd never be allowed to return home.

In Gaza today, rare scenes of glee.

Seven-year-old Rital Sabba excited to return home after 15 months of war.

I'm happy that I get to go back home to Gaza City and back to school.

Some 200,000 Palestinians made the trek north today by foot, carriage, and car to reunite with

their homes and their loved ones.

That includes Mahoud and Ibrahim Al-A-Tut, twins separated for more than a year as the fighting

destroyed everything around them.

The return is bittersweet. North Gaza lies in ruins and many heading back today, like Salam Badawi, say their homes are destroyed.

We want to go back home.

We're tired, we're depressed, but there's no house to go back to.

It's charred and burnt down, along with the land and trees around it.

We don't know what we're going to do.

Palestinians were ready to head north on Saturday, but Israel held up their return, saying

Hamas violated the ceasefire agreement by not releasing civilian hostage Arbel Yehoud over the weekend.

Yesterday, Hamas agreed to release Ya'ud in the next swap.

The list from Hamas matches Israel's intelligence.

It all comes as Israel confirmed today that eight of the 33 hostages set to be exchanged

in phase one of the ceasefire deal are dead.

Israel says the next set of hostages is expected to be released on Thursday.

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