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Israel Will Not Leave Gaza Border Corridor Until…, Says Benjamin Netanyahu

September 5, 2024 admin

Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted on retaining control of the corridor. Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will only agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza that guarantees the border area between southern Gaza and Egypt could never be used as a lifeline for the Islamist movement Hamas. “Until that happens,…

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Israel’s military says it’s taken control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt

May 29, 2024 admin

Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt, an objective Israel had said was necessary in its bid to destroy Hamas as part of the ongoing war, now in its eighth month. The capture of the area, known as the…

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Israel Army Says Gained “Operational Control” Of Key Egypt-Gaza Corridor

May 29, 2024 admin

Fighting raged in Gaza’s far-southern city of Rafah on Wednesday (File) Rafah: The Israeli army said on Wednesday it had gained “operational control” over the strategic Philadelphi corridor along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. “We have established operational control” over the 14-kilometre (8.5-mile) corridor, a military official told reporters on condition of…

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