Gaza's civil defence agency on Saturday said more than 500,000 people have returned to Gaza City since a ceasefire took effect the previous day.
"More than half a million people have returned to Gaza (City) since yesterday," said Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the civil defence.
Meanwhile, the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said he visited Gaza to discuss post-conflict stabilisation and insisted no US troops will be deployed to the Palestinian territory.
Admiral Brad Cooper wrote on X that he just returned from a trip to Gaza to discuss creation of a CENTCOM-led "civil-military coordination center" which will "support conflict stabilisation."
An initial deployment of 200 US troops is set to arrive in Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza between Hamas and Israel under President Donald Trump's peace plan.
The US military will coordinate a multinational taskforce which will deploy in Gaza and is likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates.
"America's sons and daughters in uniform are answering the call to deliver peace in the Middle East in support of the Commander in Chief's direction in this historic moment," Cooper wrote on X.
"This great effort will be achieved with no US boots on the ground in Gaza," Cooper wrote.
Cooper was appointed in early August to lead CENTCOM, the US military command responsible for the Middle East.
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to attend the international summit in Egypt to discuss the implementation of the Gaza peace plan, the Élysée Palace said on Saturday.
The meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh is set for Monday, according to Macron's office.
The summit is to be chaired by US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
Macron aims to address security, governance and reconstruction at the summit, the Élysée Palace said, adding that the talks aim to facilitate the stabilisation of the region based on a two-state solution.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also been invited by Sisi, though his trip has not been officially confirmed. - Agencies
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