Israel: Palestinians from abroad will be allowed to return to Gaza after establishing a mechanism with Egypt.

Hebrew media reported on Friday that Israel will allow Palestinians stranded outside the Gaza Strip to return through the Rafah crossing, after establishing a mechanism with the Egyptian side, for the first time since Tel Aviv took control of it in May 2024.

The Israeli army radio stated that Palestinians who left the strip will be allowed to return after establishing a mechanism with the Egyptian side, and "defining the criteria and scope of work and the entire process."

According to the radio, this was mentioned in the humanitarian annex of the ceasefire agreement under U.S. President Donald Trump's plan, which was reached between Israel and Hamas in Sharm El Sheikh.

Additionally, the army radio mentioned that under the agreement, Tel Aviv will allow Palestinians to leave the strip to Egypt via the Rafah crossing, using the same mechanism as the January 2025 agreement, "after Israeli approval, and under the supervision and inspection of a European Union mission."

It stated that "no restrictions will be imposed on leaving Gaza to Egypt."

In January 2025, Israel allowed patients, the injured, and their companions to leave the strip with UN and international coordination, while many were prevented from traveling on the grounds of "security reasons" despite their critical health conditions, during the ceasefire period that Israel violated on March 18.

In May 2024, Israel took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing and burned and destroyed its buildings, preventing Palestinians from traveling, which particularly put the sick in a significant humanitarian crisis.

Under the agreement, it is scheduled that "600 trucks of aid will be delivered daily by the United Nations, accredited international organizations, and the private sector," according to the radio.

It continued: "The trucks will carry food supplies, medical equipment, shelter materials, fuel, and cooking gas."

It confirmed that the agreement stipulated that "the movement of trucks will be free from the south of the Gaza Strip to its north on two (main) roads: Salah al-Din (east) and al-Rashid (west)."

Early Friday, the Israeli government approved the ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip and the exchange of prisoners with Palestinian factions, which means that the ceasefire agreement will come into effect immediately.

The newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that "the ceasefire in Gaza officially comes into effect after Israel's (government) approval of the prisoner deal."

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority also indicated that "the ceasefire agreement came into effect according to Trump's plan."

However, the Israeli army has continued since Friday morning to launch several attacks on areas in the Gaza Strip, after the ceasefire agreement came into effect, resulting in injuries.

Early Thursday, Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement on the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange plan, following four days of indirect negotiations between the two parties in Sharm El Sheikh, with the participation of Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar, and under U.S. supervision.

Tel Aviv estimates that there are 48 Israeli captives in Gaza, of whom 20 are alive, while more than 11,100 Palestinians are imprisoned in its jails, suffering from torture, starvation, and medical neglect, with many having died, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.

With U.S. support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 8, 2023, resulting in 67,194 deaths and 169,890 injuries, most of whom are children and women, and famine has claimed the lives of 460 Palestinians, including 154 children.