Despite the reopening of the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is maintaining the blockade against the authorities responsible for managing the civilian affairs of the coastal enclave, Palestinian sources told the newspaper.

The source stated that the committee has yet to begin its work because its members have not obtained the necessary approvals to enter Gaza and are therefore remaining in Egypt.

They indicated that the issue is still unresolved, and it is unclear how many will be allowed to cross or when Israel will issue the permissions, a decision that violates the commitments agreed upon last year.

According to those agreements, and as part of the ceasefire and the implementation of a second phase, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) would hand over power in that territory, which it has controlled since 2007, to a group of Palestinian technocrats, under the name of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).

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