GAZA (Dispatches) – Dozens of caravans and bulldozers have entered the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing awaiting entry into Gaza, as Hamas has said it will abide by the ceasefire deal and release Israeli captives as scheduled. 
Zionist regime authorities are expected to allow these vehicles through the Philadelphia corridor that runs along Egypt’s boundary with Gaza and then into the Palestinian enclave via the Karem Abu Salem crossing.
The entry of aid, in particular temporary housing for displaced Palestinians, has been obstructed by the Zionist regime in contravention of last month’s ceasefire agreement.
That prompted Hamas to say it would delay the release of captives until aid flows and other violations are addressed.
Though the convoys in Rafah have raised optimism that the truce agreement will hold, after Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to resume fighting, a spokesman for the Zionist prime minister said differences remain between the occupying regime and Hamas and the aid was not yet entering Gaza.
For the past month, the regime has blocked the entry of the homes and bulldozers, which form part of the “humanitarian protocol” in the ceasefire agreement.
This has severely hindered efforts to clear rubble, search for the missing and recover the bodies of thousands of victims still trapped beneath the debris.
Earlier this week, the Palestinian health ministry said that at least 641 bodies had been retrieved since the ceasefire began on 19 January, but thousands more are thought to be under the rubble.
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have found it impossible to return to their homes in northern Gaza for the past three weeks, not only because homes were destroyed but also due to the complete devastation of infrastructure, including sewage systems, water wells and electricity networks.
The Gaza municipality, overwhelmed by thousands of requests to clear rubble blocking roads and repair vital infrastructure, has been unable to respond due to the lack of necessary vehicles and equipment.
Wednesday marked the highest number of aid trucks entering Gaza, with Israel meeting the daily quota required by the truce deal for the first time.
A total of 801 trucks entered Gaza, 231 of which headed towards the northern part of the enclave, which has endured a severe lack of access to humanitarian aid, including food and water, due to Israeli restrictions. 
The lack of aid in the north and the Zionist regime’s failure to meet U.S.-set guidelines on aid distribution has previously been criticized by international aid groups in a 19-page report.