‘I’ll kiss the ground’: Chaos feared amid Gaza ceasefire as families head home

Three Israeli hostages are set to be returned on Monday while about 95 Palestinian prisoners will be released in the first of several rounds of swaps set to take place over the coming six weeks.

A boy runs with a Palestinian flag atop a mound of rubble at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip following the announcement of a truce amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. 

Aid agencies in Gaza are bracing for chaotic scenes this week as hundreds of thousands of people try to return to homes across the territory after the expected implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Sunday.

Before the ceasefire, which is due to begin at 8.30am local time, Israel has continued to carry out attacks inside Gaza.