Israeli forces retreated on Sunday from the key corridors splitting the Gaza Strip, leaving almost everything in their territory, as they demanded a tenuous ceasefire with Hamas ahead of long-term negotiations.
The Israeli government sent a delegation to Qatar over the weekend to discuss the next group of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the Israeli hostages and Palestine that were released in the early stages of the ceasefire agreement and lastly became effective. The departure of the army from the prisoner's delegation came. The moon and ongoing.
It took away the three Israeli hostages released on Saturday, gaying public comparisons with Holocaust victims, and putting new pressure on negotiations.
In a statement Sunday, Israeli forces said they were “investigating an agreement” to allow the troops to leave the corridor and continue to return to northern Gaza.
Two Israeli military officials and Gaza soldiers said they were not allowed to publicly discuss the situation, or by name, that the troops had already left the Netzarim corridor by Sunday morning.
Hamas also said that the Israeli forces have left the zone, which was “a victory over the will of our people.”
The withdrawal from the corridor on Sunday means that Israeli forces in Gaza are currently limited to small lands in southern Gaza near the Egyptian border and buffer zones along the Israeli border.
Gaza's interior ministry warned Palestinians heading north on Sunday that their vehicles could still be inspected by foreign security contractors there to prevent weapons from being moved from the south.
“We are asking citizens to pay attention to the care and to move for safety in accordance with the mechanisms currently permitted,” the Home Office said in a statement Sunday.
Israeli forces ordered mass evacuations in North Gaza early in the war and patrol the corridors to prevent Palestinians from returning. Israeli forces had already partially withdrawn from the Neszarim corridor last month, with foreign contractors filling the void.
A complete withdrawal from the corridor was necessary to move on to the next stage in the first 42-day phase of the ceasefire trade (now at the halfway point), to complete the war in Gaza.
Over the past week, the agreement for the next stage could involve the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza after President Trump said he could take over Gaza and change it. An important new pitfall has emerged to reach. By relocating Palestinian residents, the “Rivera of the Middle East” was created.
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry again rejected the proposal, repeating that a lasting peace agreement cannot be reached without creating a sovereign Palestinian state.
Egypt's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it will hold an emergency Arab summit later this month in Cairo “to deal with new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian cause,” and the meeting has been coordinated with high-level officials from Arab countries. It is scheduled at the request of Palestinian officials.
The debilitating appearance of the three Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday marks concerns that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not acted promptly enough to ensure the release of them or others. It has been promoted. Bring the rest of the prisoners into the house and proceed to the second phase of the transaction.
On Sunday, the family of Aron Owell, one of the hostages still in prison, said in a statement released by a group representing prisoners of warlords, for the first time in more than 490 days since he was captured. They said they received the words they received. He is alive and is held in a Gaza tunnel and is held alongside a recently released prisoner of war. The statement called for Israeli leaders to “take the necessary humanitarian measures to save Aaron and the other victims from the hell they are experiencing.”
“Time is running out,” the statement added. “We must proceed through the second phase of the transaction to get all the hostages back.”
But despite the presence of negotiators and mediators in Qatar this weekend, progress is made in talks on the next phase of the armistice until Netanyahu convenes a meeting of his best security officials in the coming days. was not expected.
In an interview on Saturday in Washington, where he met with the Trump administration, Netanyahu said Hamas, not him, was to blame for the hostage conditions. He predicted that at least half a dozen hostages will be released by next weekend.
“Gaza has three war purposes,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News. “One will destroy Hamas' army and governing capabilities. The second will take all hostages. The third will make sure Gaza will never pose a threat to Israel again. And I'm committed to achieving all three.”
Even as Israeli forces left the main corridors of Gaza, they continued raids and patrols on the occupied West Bank. Palestinian health officials said at least two people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were killed in Noor al-Shamz refugee camp in Tarkham. Israeli military said police criminal investigation forces have begun an investigation.
Hiba Yazbek , Gabby Sobelman and Ephrat livni Reports of contributions.
