Middle East Eye reported on Feb. 14 that the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza has ramped up in the last few days, but the Israelis are still blocking heavy construction equipment and mobile homes from entering through the Rafah gate from Egypt. “This is despite the Israeli promises to change behaviour regarding restricting aid supplies, including the entry of reconstruction equipment that is required to afford immediate shelter for Palestinians who are living on the ruins of their destroyed homes,” Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Azzoum said.
For the past month, Israel has blocked the entry of the homes and bulldozers, which form part of the “humanitarian protocol” in the ceasefire agreement, Middle East Eye reports. 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.