This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Julia McFarlane and at 17 hours GMT on Friday the 10th of October, these are our main stories.
Thousands of Palestinians are making the journey on foot back to Gaza City as Israel announces the start of a ceasefire with Hamas.
The IDF has withdrawn from parts of Gaza.
Hamas now has 72 hours to release all the remaining hostages.
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Israel says its ceasefire in Gaza is now in place.
The effect on Gazans was immediate.
A stream of tens of thousands started slowly making their way along the coast road back to the ruins of where they used to live.
Most walked, many carried no luggage or possessions.
After two years of war, the long journey on foot was the only option for most.
There are few vehicles still running in Gaza, and the cost of fuel is beyond reach.
Yusra Abu-Sharek is an aid worker in Gaza City.
This was her reaction to the start of the ceasefire.
We are so excited for this time to be permanent and for the recent displacement that we were going through to be the last displacement ever.
People are so excited, so glad that they could.
make it back to Gaza City especially and north and people are trying to figure out what happens to their houses and some of them went back to Gaza City and north on foot so imagine
like they will walk for at least three hours just to check the situation there for their houses or their neighborhoods.
After two years, they are in dire need for everything.