A Palestinian woman stands inside a heavily damaged building in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2025. AFP
"There is no entry of caravans (mobile homes) or heavy equipment into the Gaza Strip, and there is no coordination for this," Dostri wrote on X.
Netanyahu's announcement, another violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, comes as Egyptian and Qatari mediators raced to resolve a standoff between the Palestinian group and Tel Aviv over Israeli breaches of the deal.
On Monday, Hamas had threatened to hold off on releasing the next batch of captives until Israel allowed for the entry of humanitarian aid and tents as per the terms of the ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt, Qatar, and the US, which went into effect on 19 January.
The Palestinian group said that Israel prioritizes the entry of non-essential goods over aid needed to operate hospitals, such as medical supplies and fuel.
In retaliation, a warmongering Israeli PM threatened to resume bombing the strip if Hamas did not release the next batch of Israeli captives on time.
The Israeli PM announcement comes as trucks carrying temporary homes and heavy machinery assembled at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to enter Gaza as per the ceasefire agreement, according to Al-Qahera News.
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas mandates that Israel permit the entry of 60,000 temporary homes and 200,000 tents, as well as a designated amount of rubble removal equipment, into Gaza over the initial 42-day phase.
A Palestinian child stands at the entrance of a tent as a man clears the mud during the rainy season in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip following a Gaza ceasefire. AFP
The 15-month Israeli genocidal war on Gaza decimated 92 percent of homes in the strip, leaving most of the 2.4 million population without shelter, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in January.
Thousands of displaced Palestinians have been braving freezing temperatures this winter without any roof over their heads as strong winds and heavy rains washed away their tents.
A Palestinian family shelters on the stairs of a damaged building in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip amid a ceasefire in Israel's war on the territory. AFP
Later on Thursday, an official Egyptian source told Extra News that Egyptian-Qatari efforts had cleared recent obstacles in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on schedule.
The source stated that the efforts allowed temporary homes, tents, food supplies, and fuel to enter Gaza and that the exchange of prisoners and captives would occur on Saturday, as planned.
Egypt and Arab countries have rejected recent Israeli-US schemes to displace the Palestinians from Gaza and reaffirmed their commitment to the reconstruction of the strip.
Egypt has formulated a plan for Gaza’s reconstruction, which is based on immediate action to rebuild the strip in light of the enormous and unprecedented destruction the Strip has suffered, Assistant Foreign Minister Ambassador Mohamed Hegazy told Ahram Online on Wednesday.
The United Nations estimates that the war has left over 42 million tons of debris in Gaza, 14 times the amount of rubble accumulated in Gaza between 2008 and the war's start a year ago, and over five times the amount left by the 2016-2017 Battle of Mosul in Iraq, according to UN.
Piled up, it would fill the Great Pyramid of Giza — Egypt's largest — 11 times, according to estimates by Reuters, and it is growing daily.
According to AP, debris and rubble laced with human remains in Gaza are enough to fill New York’s Central Park to a depth of eight metres (about 25 feet).
The UN added that it could take up to 15 years and nearly $650 million to clear it all away
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