Israel agrees to allow fuel trucks into Gaza: report

A truck carrying fuel crosses into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Fuel that entered Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on November 15, was "not at all enough", the United Nations agency for supporting Palestinian refugees said. (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel has reportedly agreed to permit two fuel trucks per day to enter Gaza as requested by U.N. aid agencies, the Times of Israel reports, citing an Israeli official.

The government made the decision based on recommendations from the Israeli military and intelligence agency and at the request of U.S. officials, the report said.

Water and sewer systems trucks will also be permitted to enter Israel " “to enable the minimal maintenance necessary for water, sewer and sanitary systems to prevent pandemics that could spread to the entire area, hurting residents of the Strip as well as our own forces and potentially spreading into Israel as well," the official told the Times of Israel. 

The official said the action "will offer Israel the necessary diplomatic maneuvering room to eliminate Hamas.

Israel will monitor the delivery of fuel to Gaza to ensure it does not fall into terrorist hands, according to the report.