Massive crowds streamed into the most heavily destroyed part on Monday in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.
"I feel a mixture of happiness because lives are being saved and blood is being stopped," said Mr Dahman, who was also displaced from Gaza City and lives in Deir al-Balah. "But I am also worried about the post-war shock of what we will see in the streets ...
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited ceasefire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war.
As families reunite, they also confront the devastation wrought by the 15-month war. Tens of thousands of tents are being sent to northern Gaza, where entire neighborhoods have been flattened.
Monzer al-Sharafi survived months in a tent with his family in southern Gaza. CBS News joined him for the grueling trek back to find what was left of his life.
Israel was set to release 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees later in the day as part of the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas agrees to release hostages as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, exchanging them for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel
The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.
Media sources said that the child, Ahmad Rashid Rushdi Jazar, 14, was killed on Sunday evening after occupation forces shot him with live ammunition in the town of Sebastia.
For nearly 16 months, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have lived in tents, barred from returning to northern Gaza. On Monday, Israel allowed them to walk back.
Israel kept thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday as it accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the
Hamas militants on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers they held captive for 15 months in a planned exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees in Israel. It’s the second