Israeli forces have withdrawn from a strategic transit that divides North and southern Gaza, as part of a ceasefire plan that has made a critical break in the 16 -month war.
On Sunday, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas officials confirmed that the Israeli army withdrew from the Natzarium Corridor, which was established by Israel within weeks of the war and used it as a military zone. Clash
When a ceasefire was implemented last month, Israel allowed Palestinians to cross Natzium to return to their homes in the north, hundreds of thousands were flowing across Gaza by foot and car.
Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al -Qa’ano said the evacuation showed that it “forced the enemy to present our demands” and that it had thwarted the Israeli government’s “complete victory”.
Israeli officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, because they did not have the power to discuss the movement of soldiers with the media, did not reveal how many soldiers went back or where.
Israel has said that unless Hamas’s military and political capabilities are eliminated, it will not be satisfied with the full withdrawal from Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas says it will not hand over the last hostages during its attacks on October 7, 2023 unless Israel removes all soldiers from the area.
Despite the withdrawal – and despite the release of some hostages and prisoners organized by the two sides – there has been little progress on discussing the second phase of the deal, which is designed to enhance the war and secure the release of Israeli hostages. Has been done Through Hamas
After further doubts about this, after it came to light on Saturday, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent a delegation, including low -level officials, who helped discuss the deal. -The speculation indicated that this mission could not be a cause for progress. In expansion of ceasefire.
A day later, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said two of their women in the 20s, one of whom were eight months of pregnant, were shot dead by Israeli firing in the northern occupied West Bank.
Under the first 42 -day phase of the ceasefire, Hamas is slowly releasing 33 of the Israeli hostages, which, in exchange for a break in the fighting, liberates hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and more humanitarian aid to Gaza. Access access.
The second phase expects the release of all the other hostages from Gaza in exchange for full Israeli evacuation and “sustainable calm”.
But more important details are unclear and on -ending efforts to secure the ceasefire extension have been obstructed due to deep mutual distrust – and recently, Donald Trump’s brutal inflammation proposes that the United States Gaza Can control the strip and clean it. Folk
On Tuesday, the US president said that the United States would “take power” in Gaza and “take over”, and claim that it could become a “Middle East’s roar”. He also called for Jordan, Egypt and other Arab states to be taken to Palestinians.
The advice gave rise to waves of trauma in the Middle East, and the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warned against “any form of ethnicity”.
Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abedati, left for Washington on Sunday, while Trump’s plans forced Cairo to host an emergency summit of the Arab countries on February 27.
A statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that the gathering was fresh about the Palestinian purpose in recent times, at a high level with Arab countries, at a high level, Palestinian, who, after a high -level consultation at the summit. It was asked to deal with the most serious progress. “.
However, Netanyahu welcomed Trump’s proposal, saying that Trump was “willing to” work “after Trump refused to send the US military to the area.
The Israeli Prime Minister told Fox News on Saturday: “I think President Trump’s proposal is a recent idea in the years, and has the ability to change everything in Gaza.”
Netanyahu gave rise to more anger when he suggested that a Palestinian state – which he has long opposed – can be “in Saudi Arabia”.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry emphasized its “clear rejection process [of] Such statements “, while the head of the Arab League, Ahmad Abul Gate, said such ideas” are nothing but mere ideas or illusions. “
Netanyahu’s right -wing political ally wants to resume the war after the first phase so that Hamas, who attacked the Israelis in its history, suffered a defeat. But the Prime Minister is also facing pressure from the Israelis who want to see more hostages returning home and want the deal to continue, especially after the three men who were released on Saturday. Surprised.
Netanyahu’s right-wing finance minister, Bezel Smithrich, who opposed the ceasefire, has threatened that if the war does not resume, it has threatened to quit the alliance-the move that could collapse the administration.
Associated Press and Agencies France Press participated in this report
