The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu This Monday he denied the information spread by media about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

In a brief statement he noted that “currently “There is no ceasefire or humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the departure of foreigners.”as the press had pointed out.

As reported by several news agencies, the United States, Egypt and Israel had agreed this Monday a ceasefire in southern Gaza to reopen a humanitarian corridor.

Egypt would thus open the only border crossing not controlled by Israel for the entry of humanitarian aid and the exit of foreigners of the Palestinian enclave, which is in a “catastrophic” situation due to Israeli bombings in retaliation for the surprise attack by the Islamist Hamas, according to what Egyptian security sources have told EFE.

Egyptian security sources had also explained to Reuters that the ceasefire It would last several hours, but they did not specify the exact duration. They had also noted that the three countries had agreed that Rafah would be open until 2:00 p.m. GMT (4:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time) on Monday as an initial one-day reopening. Despite establishing an opening hour, a security source and another from an NGO in Al-Arish have assured that the aid trucks were still waiting there after 8:00 a.m.

“The crossing will be opened today, but there is no confirmation of the time,” sources have also told Efe, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of this issue, which has been negotiated with the United States. The sources indicated that during the opening this Monday “Arab and Egyptian aid” to the Strip and Foreigners will be allowed to leave. So far, the Egyptian Government has not confirmed this information. The United States had reached an agreement with Egypt, Israel and Qatar to allow hundreds of foreigners and Palestinians with passports from other countries, including American and European citizens, to leave the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.