Displaced Palestinian: 'We will stand our ground and rebuild'

Middle East Eye spoke to a Palestinian woman from Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, as she returned to her home alongside tens of thousands of displaced people.

The woman described the north as “the heart and soul, the land we lost”.

“For those who didn’t want us to return, here we are on our way home. We will stand our ground and rebuild. We want life to return to the way it was,” Kabir Rusoomi told MEE correspondent Ahmed Aziz.

She added that she hopes to live a long life to pass down “the love for the land and for our nation”.

Rusoomi also recounted the loved ones she lost during Israel’s war on Gaza, which has left over 47,000 Palestinians dead.