The Egyptian authorities placed the Rafah crossing on alert, Thursday, pending the entry into force of the truce in the Gaza Strip, in order to bring in aid convoys lined up in front of the crossing, according to a Sky News Arabia correspondent.
The aid trucks were scheduled to enter the early hours of Thursday morning, arriving in the Gaza Strip after the truce took effect at 10:00 local time, but the postponement of the start of the agreement prevented this until the official announcement of the truce’s entry into force.
Israel had announced that the truce and prisoner exchange with Hamas would not begin before Friday, after it was expected to be implemented on Thursday morning.
A Palestinian source familiar with the agreement discussions also said on Thursday that the postponement of the entry into force of the agreement “is related to the last-minute details related to details about the names of prisoners held by Hamas, and the mechanism for handing them over.”
On Thursday, Qatar announced that the talks it is holding with Egypt regarding the details of the executive plan for the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are “continuing and progressing positively.”
2023-11-23 08:34:16
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