The issue of the arrest of intelligence officers is still resonating, and many details are revealing about the objectives and timing of this operation. The Ministry of Interior in Gaza revealed that officers and soldiers affiliated with the General Intelligence Service had infiltrated Ramallah on an official mission.

In contrast to the account of the Ministry of the Interior in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) quoted an official Palestinian source as saying, “The statement of the so-called Hamas Interior Ministry regarding the entry of aid into Gaza yesterday is baseless”