Israel allows the passage of heavy machinery to Gaza thanks to the agreement with Hamas

Israel has allowed the transfer of heavy machinery and prefabricated houses to the Gaza Strip through the border crossing of Rafá, on the border of Egypt, as part of the high fire agreement signed with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

As reported by the Qatari chain Al Yazira, at least two excavators adorned with flags of Egypt and Qatar have entered the Palestinian enclave, devastated after months of bombing of the Israeli army that have caused the death of more than 48,200 Palestinians.

The Palestinian militia had threatened the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with stopping the release of hostages by Palestinian prisoners if they did not allow the entry to Gaza of heavy machinery to remove debris.

An Israeli official has advanced on Tuesday that they will allow the passage of this machinery through the passage of Rafá after “rigorous inspections” with the aim of ensuring release this weekend of six living hostages, as well as four that are already dead, according He has collected the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.

The Islamist group last Saturday released three other kidnapped during the attacks executed on October 7, 2023 in compliance with the high fire agreement reached with Israel, in force since January 19, in a new exchange that contemplated the release of the release of 369 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Hamas finally proceeded to the releases after denouncing the existence of “obstacles” placed by Israel-finally eliminated, according to international mediators-to the application of the high fire agreement, specifically on the logistics of the entry of help to the enclave and New Israeli attacks in theoretically safe areas.