Israeli forces withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor in Gaza

On Sunday, the Israel Army withdrew from a major corridor that divides the Gaza Strip, leaving almost all the region in the north, as required by the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

The departure of the army from the Netzarim corridor in Gaza came when the Israeli government sent a delegation to Qatar during the weekend to discuss the next group of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners who were released during the initial stage of the firefighting agreement, which recently entered into force, a month and a continuous. The fake manifestations of three Israeli hostages were released on Saturday, and they spread the public Comparisons For Holocaust victims, new pressure on negotiations is accumulated.

In a statement on Sunday, the Israeli army said that the forces “implement the agreement” to leave the corridor and allow hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to continue to return to northern Gaza.

Two Israeli military officials and a soldier in Gaza, who were not allowed to discuss the situation publicly or by name, said that the forces had already left the Netzarim corridor by Sunday morning.

Hamas also said that the Israeli forces had left the Netzarim corridor, saying in a statement that it was “a victory for the will of our people.”

The exit of the Netzarim corridor means that the Israeli forces withdrew from almost all northern Gaza – with the exception of a buffer zone close to the Israeli border. The Israeli army had ordered the mass evacuation in northern Gaza in the early days of the war and carried out in the corridor, partly to prevent the Palestinians from returning.

The Ministry of Interior in Gaza alerted the Palestinians heading north on Sunday that their cars could be It was searched by foreign security contractors There to prevent the transfer of weapons from the south.

The Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Sunday: “We call on citizens to be careful and commit to moving according to the mechanism currently allowed for their safety.”

The Israeli forces have already withdrawn partially from the Netzarim corridor, leaving foreign contractors to fill the void. The full withdrawal was required by the first stage of 42 days of the ceasefire agreement-which is now in the middle of the road-to advance to the next stage of the deal to completely limit the war in Gaza.

New new factors have emerged to reach an agreement for the next stage over the past week, after President Trump said that The United States can seize Gaza It was transferred to “Rivera Middle East” by transporting its Palestinian residents.

On Sunday, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the proposal once again, with the absence of a permanent peace agreement without establishing a sovereign Palestinian state – a diplomatic goal for generations, but it is one Officials and experts say now It is possible that everything is achieved, but it is impossible to achieve.

the Comic appearance Of the three Israeli hostages, they were released by Hamas on Saturday, which also stimulated widely in Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not act quickly enough to ensure their release or others – increased pressure on the Israeli government to bring the rest of the households and apply to the second stage of The deal.

However, despite the weekend meetings in Qatar, it was only expected to advance in negotiating the next stage until Mr. Netanyahu held a meeting of senior security officials in the coming days.

In an interview on Saturday in Washington, where he was meeting with the Trump administration, Mr. Netanyahu said that Hamas, not, was responsible for the circumstances of the hostages. He expected at least half a half of the hostages to be launched by the end of next week.

“We have three war goals in Gaza,” Mr. Netanyahu said in Interview with Fox News. “One, the destruction of military capabilities and the rule of Hamas. Two, to obtain all the hostages outside. Three, make sure that Gaza does not pose any threat to Israel again. I am committed to achieving the three.”

Even when the Israeli forces left the main corridor in Gaza, they continued the raids and patrols in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian health officials there said that at least two people, including a woman who was eight -year -old, was killed in the Nour Shamuz refugee camp in Tolkram. The Israeli army did not comment on any losses.

Yazak’s mistake The reports contributed.