Displaced Palestinian children sit in the back of a truck as people make their way from the south to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip, on Salah al-Din road in Nuseirat in central Gaza, on January 29, 2025. AFP
"We warn that continued delays and failure to address these points (delivery of key aid) will affect the natural progression of the agreement, including the prisoner exchange," a senior Hamas official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Another official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the group had asked mediators to intervene in the issue.
Hamas officials said Israel was failing to send key aid items - such as fuel, tents, heavy machinery and other equipment - into the Gaza Strip, as agreed for the first stage of the ceasefire that took effect on 19 January.
"According to the agreement, these materials were supposed to enter during the first week of the ceasefire," the senior Hamas official said.
"There is dissatisfaction among the resistance factions due to the occupation's procrastination and failure to implement the terms of the ceasefire, particularly regarding the humanitarian aspects."
The two officials said the group raised the issue during a meeting on Wednesday with Egyptian mediators in Cairo.
"We hope and call on the mediators and guarantors to do everything possible to ensure that the occupation implements the terms of the agreement and allows the entry of these materials," the senior official said.
The latest warning by Hamas comes as the group is expected to release three Israeli captives on Thursday, including two women.
A further three captives are set to be released on Saturday.
"We warn against the occupation's failure to implement the humanitarian provisions by not allowing the entry of fuel, tents, caravans, heavy equipment, the restoration of hospitals, and the operation of bakeries and water stations. According to the agreement, these should be allowed in during the first week of the ceasefire," a senior Hamas official told Asharq.
According to the agreement, the official explained, "the first week of the ceasefire was supposed to see the entry of 200,000 equipped tents, 20,000 caravans, fuel, materials for hospital restoration, the operation of bakeries and water stations, and the allowance of heavy equipment to open roads and carry out repairs"."
Israel and Hamas are currently implementing the first 42-day phase of a ceasefire that aims to end the 15-month Israeli genocidal war on Gaza.
Under the deal, seven Israeli captives have already been released in exchange for 290 Palestinian prisoners -- almost all of them Palestinian, except for one Jordanian.
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