The Egyptian press reported that trucks full of container homes, as well as heavy equipment used to remove rubble, were waiting on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Gate to enter Gaza.
A report by the Egyptian television channel “Al-Cairo al-Ihbariyya” reported that trucks carrying a large number of heavy equipment and mobile homes were lined up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Gate in preparation for entering Gaza. The report did not provide information on when the trucks in question would cross into Gaza, but included images of the trucks.
HAMAS HAD SUSPENDED THE AGREEMENT Hamas had announced that Israel had violated the ceasefire agreement, which went into effect on January 19, in four articles: delaying the return of displaced Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip, targeting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with air strikes and fire, not allowing shelter materials to enter Gaza, and allowing medical supplies and medicine to enter Gaza late. Abu Ubaydah, spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, had announced that the prisoner swap expected to take place on February 15 had been suspended on the grounds that Israel had not fulfilled its commitments in the ceasefire agreement. Ceasefire and Prisoner Swap Agreement The ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement reached between Hamas and Israel went into effect on Sunday, January 19 at 12:15 Turkish time. As part of the agreement, the Netzarim Corridor was opened to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip from south to north on Monday, January 27. The Rafah Border Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was opened on February 1 for the evacuation of the sick and wounded after an eight-month occupation by the Israeli army. In the first five rounds of the prisoner swap, 766 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and 16 Israeli and 5 Thai prisoners in Gaza were released. According to the three-phase ceasefire agreement, a total of over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and 33 Israeli prisoners are expected to be released in the first 42-day phase.
