00:00In a powerful moment of reunion, a mother and daughter were joyfully reunited in northern Gaza after 15 months apart.
00:08Om Ali Muhessain, a resident of Gaza City, expressed her overwhelming relief.
00:13The important thing is that they stayed alive. We will live in a tent, but as long as they are alive, I'm grateful to God.
00:18Her daughter, Sowat Atala, had been waiting for the chance to return after being separated when conflict forced her family to flee to the south.
00:26I regret the day I left the north for the south, she shared. I was waiting night after night to come back.
00:33Their reunion came as tens of thousands of Palestinians made their way back to the north after months of living in temporary shelters.
00:41While the destruction they found is immense, the return is a sign of hope for families torn apart by the 15-month conflict triggered by Hamas' October 23 assault on Israel.
