Gaza – Egypt Border
Updated 2024-01-20
Israel Plans Risky Mission to Seize Last Gaza Border it Doesn’t Control Since it pulled out of the Gaza Strip nearly two decades ago, Israel has controlled all of the Palestinian enclave’s borders except one. Now it is pushing to retake control of th Israel Plans Risky Mission to Seize Last Gaza Border it Doesn’t Control Since it pulled out of the Gaza Strip nearly two decades ago, Israel has controlled all of the Palestinian enclave’s borders except one. Now it is pushing to retake control of the southern frontier with Egypt. Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, say Israel must have a grip on the border area, which the Israeli military calls the Philadelphi Corridor, to block Hamas from smuggling weapons into the strip. It is part of Israel’s strategy to defeat the Palestinian militant group and to prevent a repeat of its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that officials there say killed more than 1,200 people, mainly civilians.
For Palestinians, it would roll back a symbol of Palestinian sovereignty. It could also open the door to Israel maintaining longer-term control over the border after the war, altering a security arrangement with Gaza that has existed for nearly two decades.
Egypt is concerned that an Israeli operation could infringe on the terms of a 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, which places limits on the number of troops both nations can place near the borders in the area. An Israeli military operation also risks accidentally doing damage inside Egyptian territory. Israeli officials say they are working to address those concerns by coordinating their plans for an incursion on the Gaza side with Egypt. Egypt in recent days rejected an Israeli proposal that would involve stationing Israeli security personnel on the Egyptian side of the border for joint patrols with Egypt, saying it would breach Egyptian sovereignty.
An offensive in the area will be complicated militarily due to the presence of more than a million Palestinian civilians who have fled the rest of the strip and have concentrated in the area. Most of them are packed into the city of Rafah adjacent to the border or camping in areas along the boundary. Even a limited military operation to occupy a stretch of land a few hundred yards wide would require Israeli forces to push through Rafah city, which straddles the border, and areas where the displaced people have gathered in tent camps. Security analysts are concerned that such an operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-plans-risky-mission-to-seize-last-gaza-border-it-doesn-t-control/ar-AA1mUAkQe southern frontier with Egypt. Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, say Israel must have a grip on the border area, which the Israeli military calls the Philadelphi Corridor, to block Hamas from smuggling weapons into the strip. It is part of Israel’s strategy to defeat the Palestinian militant group and to prevent a repeat of its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that officials there say killed more than 1,200 people, mainly civilians.
For Palestinians, it would roll back a symbol of Palestinian sovereignty. It could also open the door to Israel maintaining longer-term control over the border after the war, altering a security arrangement with Gaza that has existed for nearly two decades.
Egypt is concerned that an Israeli operation could infringe on the terms of a 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, which places limits on the number of troops both nations can place near the borders in the area. An Israeli military operation also risks accidentally doing damage inside Egyptian territory. Israeli officials say they are working to address those concerns by coordinating their plans for an incursion on the Gaza side with Egypt. Egypt in recent days rejected an Israeli proposal that would involve stationing Israeli security personnel on the Egyptian side of the border for joint patrols with Egypt, saying it would breach Egyptian sovereignty.
An offensive in the area will be complicated militarily due to the presence of more than a million Palestinian civilians who have fled the rest of the strip and have concentrated in the area. Most of them are packed into the city of Rafah adjacent to the border or camping in areas along the boundary. Even a limited military operation to occupy a stretch of land a few hundred yards wide would require Israeli forces to push through Rafah city, which straddles the border, and areas where the displaced people have gathered in tent camps. Security analysts are concerned that such an operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-plans-risky-mission-to-seize-last-gaza-border-it-doesn-t-control/ar-AA1mUAkQ
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