Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today’s trends
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Gazans return to north and Smotrich withdraws resignation threat
This is trending through daily rundown of news from the Middle East and around the world brought to you by The National. From Abu Dhabi, I'm Yasmine Al Khaji, here are today's headlines. The government in Gaza says more than 300,000 displaced Palestinians return to the territories north on Monday after Israel's military authorized their movement. This continued and an Israeli war plane hit a bulldozer in the west of Emu Sayyad's refugee camp in central Gaza, reports say, killing one civilian and injuring several others late on Monday night. Israeli finance minister Bizal al-Smartrich has withdrawn his threat to quit the government if Israel does not return to fighting in Gaza. Several Israeli news sites reported on Monday. This month, Mr. Smartrich came out in opposition to the ceasefire deer currently in effect, which aims to secure the release of nearly 100 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israeli jails. He was among several Israeli cabinet members who initially threatened to resign over the deal citing security concerns. Meanwhile, President Sheikh Mohammed on Monday received Prime Minister Iraqi Khobakhidze of Georgia in Abu Dhabi. The leaders discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the UAE and Georgia, focusing on areas including investment, trade, the economy, agriculture, renewable energy and sustainability, state news agency Wham reported. That's all for this morning's headlines. You can get these stories at our site and visit the national news dot com slash podcasts for more like this. Yes, me and Altaji, The National. Thank you.