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00:05 Report by / Tania Krämer
00:24 Mohammed Al-Yazji / Gaza City resident
01:37 Rana Al-Haj Salem / Displaced Gazan
02:24 Mustafa Ibrahim / Political analyst

Script:

This tent is what this young Palestinian father (Mohammed Al-Yazji) now calls home. His home in Gaza City was destroyed during the war. His parents and siblings killed.  

He, like many Gazans, welcomed the announcement about the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, but remains uncertain about what could come next. 
 
+++Mohammed Al-Yazji, 35 years old, Gaza City East, ARABIC+++ 
"What do we expect? Everything we want and need is beyond what we will be provided. We need a caravan, a mobile home to protect us from winter and the cold. But if you ask what we think will happen? We don't know anything yet, we are not optimistic about anything. Based on the chaos, daily bombings, martyrs, gunfire, targeting, there is no expectation for improvement, unfortunately." 

The ceasefire officially took hold in October 2025. Since then, Palestinians have reported the deaths of around 400 people.  
 
In phase 1, all living hostages held by Hamas were returned to Israel and hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons were released. The body of one hostage is yet to be repatriated.
 
But there has been little improvement to the daily lives of citizens in Gaza, with most of the population still displaced. 

Housing and reconstruction – part of phase 2 – are also this Palestinian mother's (Rana Al Haj Salem's) main concern. She currently lives with her children in a makeshift tent on the street. 
 
+++Rana Al-Haj Salem, displaced, ARABIC++++ 
"God willing, there'll be a difference from the phase we're currently in or an improvement to our living conditions. I hope that phase 2 starts with reconstruction and that they will rebuild our house, so my children no longer have to live on the streets. I have five kids, my children are young, we struggle out here in the street."  
 
The UN estimates that more than 61 million tonnes of rubble need to be cleared and that rebuilding could take many years.  
 
There is hope that the new technocratic Palestinian administrative body, which met for the first time in Egypt, will be able to move things forward. It will be overseen by the international Board of Peace.  
 
+++Mustafa Ibrahim, political analyst, ARABIC+++  
"Many key issues in Gaza are dependent on the completion of  Phase Two. Announcing the start of phase two is important, but Palestinians see progress so far as slow." 
 
Other steps of the plan remain unresolved: The deployment of an international stabilization force, which has yet to be formed. The disarmament of Hamas. And the timeline for a further withdrawal of the Israeli military – which holds half of Gaza’s territory – is still unclear. 

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