According to the channel, Cairo is exerting diplomatic and field pressure to secure approval for the entry of heavy machinery through the Rafah crossing, as part of ongoing coordination with the United Nations and international relief agencies.
The equipment would be used to clear rubble, reopen blocked and damaged roads, and create safe passages for aid convoys to reach northern and central areas of the besieged enclave.
Egyptian bulldozers began work inside the Gaza Strip earlier this week to remove rubble, reopen roads, and expand displacement camps, the Egyptian Committee for the Relief of Gaza Residents said.
The machinery entered via Salah Al-Din Street, linking northern and southern Gaza, as part of an Egyptian-led effort to facilitate aid delivery and improve conditions for displaced civilians.
Committee spokesperson Mohamed Mansour said the bulldozers cleared debris and widened the Abu Al-Hussain camp near the electricity company to accommodate more families.
Meanwhile, Al-Arabiya’s correspondent in Gaza, Hanan Al-Masri, said that the current aid mechanism will continue through the Karm Abu Salem crossing, with approximately 400 trucks expected to enter the Strip daily under the existing coordination system.
The move comes as the ceasefire in Gaza officially went into effect at 12 p.m. on Thursday, following the signing in Sharm El-Sheikh of the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan aimed at ending the two-year-old war.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced that the agreement provides for the release of all captives “soon” and for Israeli forces to withdraw to “an agreed line,” describing it as “the first step toward a strong, durable, and everlasting peace.”
In parallel, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said the world is witnessing “a historic moment that embodies the triumph of the will for peace over the logic of war.”
From Sharm El-Sheikh, “the city of peace and the cradle of dialogue and understanding”, El-Sisi hailed the agreement as one that “does not only close the chapter of war but also opens the door of hope for the peoples of the region for a future defined by justice and stability.”
Over the past 700 days of the conflict, Egypt has remained Gaza’s primary lifeline, channelling more than 570,000 tons of humanitarian aid through the Egyptian Red Crescent, whose volunteer network of over 35,000 continues to coordinate relief convoys under the national Gaza assistance mechanism.
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