#Philadelphi Corridor

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‼️🇮🇱🇵🇸🇾🇪 Houthi leader urges Arab nations to sever ties with Israel after Philadelphi Corridor, including the Rafah Crossing, seized

[Plain text: Houthi leader urges Arab nations to sever ties with Israel after Philadelphi Corridor, including the Rafah Crossing, seized]

🔸 Source: Al Jazeera

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We'll see

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What’s the Philadelphi Corridor?

The Philadelphi Corridor, also known as the Philadelphi Route, is the 14km (8.7-mile) long strip of land that represents the entirety of the border area between Gaza and Egypt.

It was established as a buffer zone controlled and patrolled by Israeli armed forces as part of the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt that ended Israel’s occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and reopened the Suez Canal.

Its stated purpose was to stop weapons and material from reaching the hands of Palestinians inside the Gaza Strip, which Israel occupied, and to prevent people from moving between the Palestinian lands and Egypt without tough checks.

“It must be shut. It is clear that any other arrangement would not ensure the demilitarisation that we seek,” Netanyahu said on Saturday, also signalling the war may last many more months.

Where does Egypt stand on this?

In 2005, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip under international pressure and instead turned the densely populated Palestinian land into the world’s largest open-air prison.

Egypt became the main player in control of the corridor, which signifies the only link with the outside world not controlled by Israel – as Tel Aviv maintains a land, sea and air blockade of the strip from all other sides.

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August 30, 2024 - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly told Defense Minister Gallant that he was prioritizing maintaining troops in the Philadelphi Corridor over saving the lives of the remaining hostages.

"It was the latest evidence of the divide between Netanyahu and the security establishment. Gallant and the security chiefs have repeatedly pushed Netanyahu for more compromise in the negotiations, particularly regarding the Philadelphi Corridor, fearing that the premier’s hardline positions are scuttling a deal."

Gallant confronts Netanyahu

"Gallant then told the cabinet they faced a choice: to remain in the corridor or to return the hostages. “You are deciding to stay in the Philadelphi Corridor. Is this logical to you? There are living (hostages) there!” Gallant exclaimed. Dermer replied, “The prime minister can do as he likes,” to which Gallant responded, “The prime minister can indeed make all the decisions, and he can also decide to kill all the hostages.”

Hostage families forum horrified by cabinet quotes

The Hostage and Missing Families Forum responded to the leaked quotes from the security cabinet meeting by demanding that Netanyahu publicly declare that he has given up on the lives of hostages in favor of continued IDF presence on the Philadelphi Corridor. “The quotes from the cabinet meeting should cause every Israeli citizen to lose sleep,” the forum said in a statement. “Every citizen should know that if they are to be kidnapped from their bed in their pajamas on a Saturday morning, their prime minister will do everything to keep his seat, even at the cost of leaving them to die in the Hamas tunnels in Gaza.”

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So we need to talk about the Philadelphi Corridor...

Recall the LORD showed us the Egyptian gods (sphinx's) guarding treasure at the border. Therefore the corridor needs to be closely watched because I did see things stored there.

Obviously Egypt wants to protect their borders and may not have found any evidence of weapons, but the LORD did and that's all the proof we need. I am sure the LORD has also shown this to Israel's leaders.

If Hamas didn't want Israel to occupy that area, then they shouldn't have started this war. You don't start a war, play the victim and then get to dictate how it's fought.

Hamas took the hostages to force Israel to concede so they can claim a victory of defeating, in their words "tHe ZiOnIsT-gEnOcIdAl- EnTiTy" 🙄

Asking Israel to give in to that is a win for terrorism everywhere.

Hamas continuously changes the goal post because they don't want peace, they want to gloat and say they defeated "Little Satan" aka Israel and make a mockery out of them and the West. It's sad because innocent lives have been caught in the middle and the reality is, those lives may never be saved because to bow down to these psychopathic fanatics so they can repeat this event in another place and time, is just a hard NO for me ❌

Terrorist, TERRORIZE.

This has and will always be their playbook, their modus operandi. This is what they have always done and will continue to do, IF we allow it. You gain nothing by submitting to this evil.

God please fix it. We need to see you flex 💪🏾

Indeed I (we) are heartbroken but we have FAITH.

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L'Égypte se voit proposer une alternative à Tsahal dans le corridor de Philadelphie

Le journal qatari *Al-Araby Al-Jadeed* a rapporté que l’Égypte a reçu une proposition concernant le déploiement de forces arabes le long du corridor de Philadelphie après la fin de la guerre. Il a été annoncé que les Émirats arabes unis ont mené des négociations avec plusieurs pays arabes pour évaluer leur position sur la participation de forces arabes, qui seraient également déployées dans le…

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In the nearly two decades since Hamas took control of Gaza, Egypt has permitted the terrorist organization to construct a vast network of tunnels under their shared border. These tunnels have been exploited for illicit activities, including the smuggling of vehicles, weapons, and rockets. However, since Israel regained control of the Philadelphia Corridor just over a month ago, a staggering 170 tunnels have been discovered and demolished. This revelation highlights the extent of Hamas' clandestine operations and underscores the necessity of Israeli oversight. Given the history of neglect and complicity by neighboring countries, Israel cannot rely on any entity other than the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to secure the corridor and prevent future tunnel construction.

WE WILL KEEP THE CORRIDOR 💯🇮🇱♥️

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HUGE news. Ranin’s family has a chance to leave to get better treatment for her son but due to the rarity of this chance (the Rafah crossing only just reopened) and the extortion by those in control of the crossing the Hammad family now needs funds URGENTLY. The cost is $6,000 and they need it by next week. Please please donate anything you can and SHARE!!! Our best chance at raising this money in time is for as many people to see this as possible!

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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇪🇬 Analysis: Israeli seizure of Philadelphi Corridor impacts Egypt’s peace agreement with Israel

[Plain text: Analysis: Israeli seizure of Philadelphi Corridor impacts Egypt’s peace agreement with Israel]

🔸 Source: Al Jazeera

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Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Satellite photos show Egypt building Gaza buffer zone as Rafah push looms

Despite its opposition to displacement of Palestinians, Cairo appears to be preparing for a scenario forced by Israel.

A satellite image shows the construction of a wall along the Egypt-Gaza border near Rafah on February 15, 2024 [Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters]

Egypt is building a fortified buffer zone near its border with the Gaza Strip as fears mount of an imminent Israeli ground invasion of the southern city of Rafah, which could displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians across the frontier, according to satellite images and media reports.

Footage from the site in the Sinai desert and satellite photos show that an area that could offer basic shelter to tens of thousands of Palestinians is being constructed with concrete walls being set up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, the only non-Israeli-controlled crossing to and from Gaza.

The new compound is part of contingency plans if large numbers of Palestinians manage to cross into Egypt and could accommodate more than 100,000 people, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Egyptian officials.

It is surrounded by concrete walls and far from any Egyptian settlements. Large numbers of tents have been delivered to the site, the report said.

Videos taken by the United Kingdom-based Sinai Foundation for Human Rights show trucks and bulldozers clearing debris from a plot of land of about 8sq miles (21sq km), according to The Washington Post, which obtained satellite images that show 2sq miles (5sq km) was cleared between February 6 and Wednesday.

Mohamed Abdelfadil Shousha, the governor of North Sinai, the Egyptian governorate that borders Gaza and Israel, has reportedly denied that Egypt is building a refugee camp along the border in case of an exodus by Palestinians forced by the Israeli military.

The Sinai Foundation, an activist organisation that has a monitoring team in northern Sinai, said in a report this week that the gated area will be surrounded by 7-metre-high (23ft-high) cement walls.

Israel has said it wants to take over the Philadelphi Corridor, the fortified border area between Gaza and Egypt, to secure it. Egypt has threatened that this would jeopardise the peace treaty the two countries signed four decades ago.

Cairo has emphasised that it does not want Palestinians to be displaced from their land by Israel, comparing such a scenario to the 1948 Nakba, the forced displacement of about 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in the war that led to Israel’s creation.

Tel Aviv’s insistence on going ahead with its planned attack on Rafah despite international pressure has been unshaken even though the area is where 1.4 million Palestinians are living, the vast majority of whom have been forcibly displaced – some multiple times – by Israeli bombardments and ground operations.

Palestinians displaced to Rafah are suffering from a lack of sufficient shelter, food, water and medicine, and the United Nations and human rights groups have warned that the humanitarian disaster in the besieged enclave is rapidly worsening.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to work on a plan of evacuation for more than half of the 2.3 million people of the Gaza Strip who are now crammed into Rafah, but has provided no detailed steps.

He has suggested Palestinians could be sent to areas north of Rafah that the Israeli military has already cleared through a ground invasion backed by bombings.

Avi Dichter, Israel’s minister of agriculture and rural development, has suggested areas west of Rafah and the bombed al-Mawasi refugee camp near the Mediterranean coast, where many are already sheltering.

A satellite image shows new construction and earth grading along the Egypt-Gaza border near Rafah on February 10, 2024 [Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters]

The United States and a number of other key allies of Israel have said they oppose a ground assault on Rafah, some warning it would be “catastrophic”.

US President Joe Biden “has been clear that we do not support the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza”, the Reuters news agency quoted a US Department of State spokesperson as saying on Friday. “The US is not funding camps in Egypt for displaced Palestinians.”

Israel on Wednesday pulled out of US- and Arab-mediated talks with Hamas because it said the Palestinian armed group has had “ludicrous demands” that have included Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.

Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet have continued to push for “total victory” with the prime minister calling Rafah the “last bastion” of Hamas.

For weeks, the fiercest fighting in the Gaza Strip has been taking place in Khan Younis, also located in southern Gaza, with the Israeli military claiming its attacks are aimed at destroying Hamas battalions in the area.

Using shelling, sniper fire and drones, the Israeli army has also for weeks been laying siege to Nasser Hospital, the largest medical facility in the area, which has hundreds of patients and staff and has been a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians.

Dr Nahed Abu Taima, the hospital’s director, told Al Jazeera on Friday that Israeli forces were rounding up patients and civilians and had cut off electricity to the medical complex.

“We stand helpless, unable to provide any form of medical assistance to the patients inside the hospital or the victims flooding into the hospital every single minute,” he said.

Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed at least 28,775 Palestinians and wounded 68,552 since October 7, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. Several thousand more are missing, presumably buried under rubble.

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🚨 Netanyahu announces Israel will re-occupy the Philadelphi Corridor comprising the Gaza-Egypt border area, Gaza’s only access to the outside world.

Other updates:

• At least 100 killed and 286 injured by IOF attacks on homes in central Gaza in the last 24 hours.

• Khan Younis is under heavy aerial bombardment & shelling, with more invading forces deployed. A massive air strike was reported yesterday around the European Hospital there.

• Israeli forces have killed hundreds of sports players and figures, according to the Gaza-based Supreme Council for Sports. It stated Israel “also targeted, destroyed and bombed many stadiums and sports clubs and turned a number of them into detention, torture and execution centres, as happened in the Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City.”

• At least 16 people were abducted by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in raids last night.

• Israel killed Sheikh Yousef Salameh, former Palestinian minister of religious affairs and preacher at Al-Aqsa Mosque

via letstalkpalestine 31/12/23