Israeli forces begin to withdraw from the key corridor of Gaza in a large test of the dealership agreement

The Israeli forces withdrew from the key corridor in Gaza Sunday, Israeli officials and Hamas said, part of Israel’s obligations under the hard truce With a Hamas that progresses but faces a big test about whether the parties can negotiate their planned extension.

Israel agreed as part of a ceasefire to remove its forces from a 4-kilometer (6 kilometers) of Netzarim’s corridor, a lane of land that divides the northern gauze from the south, which Israel used as a military zone during the war.

At the beginning of the ceasefire last month, Israel began to allow Palestinians to cross the Netzari to head to their homes on the war in the north, sending hundreds of thousands who flowed through Gaza on foot and by car. The withdrawal of forces from the area fulfills another commitment to the agreement, which stopped the 15-month war.

However, the parties seem to have made a little progress in the work of the second phase of the agreement, which should expand the truce and lead to the release of more Israeli hostages held by the Hamas.

Three more Israeli Hostages were published On Saturday, in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners, the latest in the trial agreement that has seen 18 hostages released in exchange for over 550 Palestinian prisoners so far. Negotiations in the second phase are ongoing.

The hostage edition comes in the middle of the American President Trump comments Last week that he would now “take over the gaza belt.” The president said his decision to take over Gaza “was not made by the decision,” and claimed that he had received the praise of other leaders in the Middle East, although he did not identify any name.

Mr. Trump commented on the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The comments sent shock waves through the diplomatic community, although Netanyahu said then that it was “worth real to follow this time”, referring to the plan.

Netanyahu sent a delegation to Qatar this weekend, a key mediator in the conversations between the sides, but the mission included low -level officials, causing speculation that he would not lead to a breakthrough in the expansion of a tribute. Netanyahu is expected to compose a meeting of key cabinets this week this week.

In the meantime, Saudi Arabia confirmed its categorical rejection of remarks by Netanyahu last week because of the displacement of Palestinians from their country, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Sunday. Israeli officials suggested the establishment of the Palestinian state in the Saudi territory.

Netanyahu seemed to joke on Thursday when he answered the interlocutor at Pro -netanyahu Channel 14, who wrongly said the “Saudi State” instead of the “Palestinian State” before correction. While the Saudi statement mentioned the name Netanyahu, it did not directly relate to the comments on the establishment of the Palestinian state in the Saudi territory. Egypt and Jordan also condemned Israeli proposals, and Kairo considered the idea “by a” direct violation of Saudi sovereignty. ” The kingdom said that the “brotherly” state of rejection of Netanyahu’s remarks appreciated the “brotherly” state.

On Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that two women were in their 20s, including those who had been eight months pregnant, a fatal shot of Israeli shooting in the northern occupied west coast, where the Israeli troops conducted a wide surgery.

The interruption of fire is fragile and its extension is not guaranteed

Ever since he started on January 19, the fire interruption agreement has faced repeated obstacles and disagreements between the sides, undergoing his fragility. But it kept it, raising the hope that the devastating war that led to seismic shifts in the Middle East might be directed toward the end.

On Sunday, cars are listed with things, including water and suitcases, seen moving north through a road crossing Netzarim. According to the agreement, Israel should allow cars to cross through undiscovered, and it seemed that there were no troops near the road.

Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanoua said the retreat showed that Hamas “forced the enemy to undergo our demands” and that he had prevented “Netanyahu’s illusion to achieve a complete victory.”

Israeli officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the hull movement with the media, did not reveal how many soldiers withdraw. The troops are currently staying along the borders of Gaza with Israel and Egypt, and it is expected that the complete withdrawal will be negotiated at the later phase of the tribute.

During the first 42 -day phase of the tribute, Hamas gradually releases 33 Israeli hostages trapped during October 7, 2023, an attack in a break for a break in battle, freedom for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and a flood of humanitarian aid in war -Battered Gaza. The agreement also stipulates that Israeli troops will be withdrawn from the populated areas of Gaza, as well as from the Netzarim corridor.

In the second phase, all the remaining hostages would be released in exchange for a fully Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and “sustainable peace”. But the details beyond that are unclear and repeated stumbling blocks during the first phase, and deep distrust between the sides has led to suspicion of the extension.

A truce faces many challenges including Trump’s Gaza proposal

Israel said he would not agree to a complete withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas’ military and political abilities were removed. Hamas says he will not hand over the last hostage until Israel removes all the troops from the territory.

Netanyahu, meanwhile, is under the great pressure of their ultimate right -wing political allies to continue the war after the first phase, so that Hamas, who performed the most deadly attack on the Israelites in their history, can be defeated. He also faces the pressure of an Israelis who are eager to see more hostages returning home and wanting to deal with that they will continue, especially after the Nation of three male prisoners of the liberated on Saturday on Saturday.

Further to complicating things is the proposal of Mr. Trump to move the Gaza population and take over the ownership of the Palestinian territory. Israel expressed openness to the idea, while Hamas, Palestinians and the wider Arab world rejected it directly.

The proposed plan is obsessed with moral, legal and practical obstacles. But Mr. Trump may have suggested a negotiation tactic, try to increase the pressure on Hamas, or as an introductory gambite in the negotiating process with the aim of ensuring a contract of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. This great job seemed to be withdrawn on Sunday, while Saudi Arabia condemned Netanyahu’s remarks, who said Palestinians could create their own state in that territory.

Saudi Arabia said that his remarks were “aimed at distracting from consecutive crimes that Israel’s occupation had committed against our Palestinian brothers in Gaza, including the ethnic cleansing that was subjected to them.”

In an interview with Israel’s channel 14 on Thursday, Netanyahu said: “The Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia; they have a lot of land there.”

Tilting violence on the occupied west coast

The war in Gaza, caused by a Hamas attack in which 1,200 people were killed and saw that 250 had taken hostages, killed more than 47,000 Palestinians towards the Palestinian health authorities that were led by Hamas who did not distinguish fighters and uncombanths in their number. The huge parts of the territory were deleted in the fighting, leaving many Palestinians who returned to damaged or destroyed homes.

Violence has increased on the west coast throughout the war and in recent days it has increased the Israeli military operation in the north of the territory. Pregnant women, Sundus Shalabi, happened in the Urban Refugee Camp Nur Shams, a focal site of Israeli operations against Palestinian militants in the territory. The HAMAS Health Ministry announced that the second woman was identified as Rahaf Al-Ashqar (21), killed there and in Sunday.

The Israeli army did not immediately respond to the commentary request. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the expansion of Israeli military operation on Sunday, which began in the city of Jenin a few weeks ago. He said the surgery intended to prevent Iran from establishing a stronghold on the occupied west coast.