The move is reportedly based on previous "understandings", which had not been announced, between Egypt, Hamas - which has governed the strip since 2007 - and Mohammed Dahlan, a former leading member of the Fatah movement now based in the United Arab Emirates.
Residents of impoverished Gaza - where two million people live fenced in between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean - were already receiving only a few hours of mains power before this week. Today is three days of Israel's electricity cut established by by Israel to the Strip due to a dispute over the payment of the Tel Aviv service appeared between Hamas, which ruled Gaza since 2007, and the Palestinian National Authority.
According to the information office at the border, 11 trucks entered Gaza loaded with one million litres of diesel which are destined for the enclave's power plant.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will halt all financial payments to Gaza in the future and in so doing push Israel into war with Hamas, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned on Thursday morning as he addressed the annual Herzliya Conference.
Leading Hamas member Khalil al-Hayya said earlier that Egypt had promised to help alleviate Gaza's dire humanitarian situation by opening the Rafah crossing on a regular basis to allow commercial and human traffic into and out of the coastal strip.
Mosul's famous al-Nuri mosque blown up
Islamic State fighters are cornered in a portion of the city's closely packed neighborhoods on the Mosul's west side. The Islamic State has blown up The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in western Mosul, according to USA and Iraqi forces.
The deliveries will provide relief in the days ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
This step comes a week after a delegation of Hamas Islamic movement lead by its head of Gaza political Bureau Yahya Al-Sinwar met with Egyptian officials in Cairo.
Gaza's electricity company said on Monday that Israel had begun to reduce the supply of power to the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.
Israel's security cabinet decided last week to agree to the Abbas request.
The Egyptian diesel will replace fuel previously sent by the Ramallah-based Palestinian government through the Kerem Shalom crossing linking Gaza, Egypt and Israel. Hamas, which swept Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006, has fought three wars with Israel since 2008. Gazans were left with four hours of electricity a day.
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