Egypt and Israel are close to reaching an agreement on the sensitive issue of border control after the war between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, according to the army radio.

Talks have been ongoing for weeks amid disagreements over the extent of Israeli control over the border area, known as the Philadelphia Corridor.

The report quotes unnamed officials familiar with the details as saying that Israel promised not to take military action in the area of Rafah city in Gaza, near the Egyptian border, before giving the residents there – currently about one million people – enough time to evacuate to other parts of the Strip.

It is said that Cairo's main concern is that if they are not given the opportunity to move elsewhere, waves of Palestinians will instead flood into Egypt, creating a refugee crisis in the country.

Israel has not decided where it wants the residents to move, with options being either northern Gaza – which requires a government decision to allow Gaza residents to return there – or Khan Younis, after the current phase of intense fighting there ends, the report says.

After that happens, the emerging deal reportedly will see Israel having a "certain influence" on the Philadelphia Corridor – possibly through unspecified technological means – but without a physical presence along the border.

The army radio added that it is likely that an unnamed Gulf state will finance the construction of an underground wall along the border to confront cross-border tunnels, but it will only do so if Egypt agrees to the entire plan.