Rescue workers who are desperately trying to reach the five-year-old boy, later identified as Rayan, who fell into a deep well around five days ago in Morocco are entering the final stages of their operation.

Rayan fell into the well in Chefchaouen Tuesday.

Rescue workers used bulldozers to cut a large trench into the hill next to the well, leaving a gaping hole in the reddish earth.

By Saturday morning, rescuers began digging horizontally towards the well. They also installed PVC tubes to protect against landslides and get Rayan out.

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Earlier Saturday, a Moroccan media outlet quoted an official in the rescue teams as saying that the five-year-old child, Rayan, who fell into a well in the Chefchaouen province, is alive.

For the fifth consecutive day, the rescue teams continued to try to reach the child Rayan. The rescue efforts were delayed at dawn on Saturday due to the nature of the soil in the area, which is a mix of unstable sand and rock.

"Rescuers are in danger of fainting due to the lack of oxygen inside the hole, which is located at a depth of more than 30 meters," the media outlet said.

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Last week, the five-year-old Rayan fell into a 62-meter well, in the village of Agran in the Chefchaouen province, in northern Morocco.

The difficulty of the rescue operation comes due to the narrowness of the well.

"The child's rescue is approaching," government spokesman Mustapha Baitas said Thursday. "Our hearts are with the family, and we are praying that he will be back with them as soon as possible."

The shaft was too narrow for rescuers to reach the bottom, so heavy diggers were dispatched to dig a hole alongside it.

They confirmed earlier that Rayan got stuck at a depth of 32 meters in the well.

They lastly noted that he had suffered minor injuries to the head.

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Rescue operations are still ongoing.

Following the incident, the hashtag '#SaveRayan' topped the list of trending hashtags on Twitter in Jordan and around the world.