Israeli forces begin to withdraw from a key Gaza corridor, part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas
Israeli forces were withdrawing from a key corridor that bisects the Gaza Strip on Sunday as part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Israeli forces were withdrawing from a key corridor that bisects the Gaza Strip on Sunday as part of Israel’s commitments under a tenuous ceasefire deal with Hamas.
“We are preparing to implement the agreement regarding Netzarim axis,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
The truce, however, faces a major test over whether the sides can negotiate its planned extension, amid external pressures, including President Donald Trump’s controversial Gaza relocation plan, and tensions between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Israel had agreed to remove its forces from the 4-mile Netzarim corridor, a strip of land that divides northern Gaza from the south, and that Israel has used as a military zone during the war.
At the start of the ceasefire last month, the Israeli military began allowing Palestinians to cross Netzarim to head to their homes in the war-battered north, hundreds of thousands streaming across Gaza on foot and by car.
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