Egypt Daily News – The Israeli army announced today (Sunday) that it has completed the withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor, which divides the Gaza Strip from east to west, while Israeli media reported that an Israeli delegation arrived in Qatar; to participate in the second phase talks of the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor comes within the agreed steps in the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Hamas movement.
Sami Abu Zuhri, a leader of the Hamas movement, said that the scene of the Israeli withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor “is the announcement of a defeat and the failure of Netanyahu in achieving its goals or staying on the land of Gaza.” He added: “The invasions are repeated; but the result is the same; it is that Gaza is disobedient to the invaders. ”
A leader in the Hamas movement also confirmed that the Israeli forces withdrew, on Sunday, from the Netzarim corridor on the Salah al -Din Road, which connects between the northern and southern Gaza Strip; in implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
On Sunday, vehicles were allowed to move in both directions between the northern and southern Gaza Strip. The leader, who asked not to be named to the “French Press Agency”, said that “the Israeli army withdrew from the junction of the martyrs (Netzarim corridor) on the Salah al -Din Road, and the military barrier and the military sites surrounding it were removed, where the Salah al -Din Road was reopened in both directions for Vehicles to move freely. ” A correspondent of the French Press Agency confirmed at the place that there are no Israeli forces today (Sunday).
In addition, the “Jerusalem Post” quoted an Israeli official as saying on Sunday that a delegation led by the Coordinator of Prisoners and missing affairs, Gal Hirsch, and a senior official in the Israeli Public Security Service (Shin Bet) arrived in Qatar for talks on the implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement Fire. The Israeli official channel, “Kan”, had reported, earlier, that the Israeli security cabinet will discuss negotiations for the second stage of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza this week.
Yesterday (Saturday), Hamas released 3 Israeli hostages who spent 16 months detained in the Gaza Strip, while Israel released 183 Palestinian detainees, in the fifth exchange of the ceasefire agreement.
The ceasefire agreement began on January 19, more than 15 months after the outbreak of the destroyed war. It stipulates the release of hostages detained in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, a coincidence of the war.
The armistice agreement includes 3 stages, which includes the first stage, which extends over 6 weeks, the release of 33 hostages detained in the Gaza Strip, compared to 1900 Palestinian detainees.
