The Israeli forces begin to withdraw from the main Gaza Corridor to test the main ceasefire deal

Israeli officials said that the Israeli forces were withdrawing from the main Gaza Corridor on Sunday. cease-fire With Hamas, which goes forward but faces a great test on whether aspects can negotiate along the planned extension.

Israel agreed as part of the truce to remove its forces from the 4 -miles (6 km) corridors, a strip of land that split the northern Gaza from the south that Israel used as a military zone during the war.

At the beginning of the ceasefire last month, Israel began allowing the Palestinians to cross Netzarim by heading to their homes in the north, which was transferred from the war, sending hundreds of thousands of broadcasting via Gaza on foot and the car. The withdrawal of the forces from the area fulfills another commitment to the deal, which temporarily stopped the 15 -month war.

However, it seems that the two sides have not made significant progress in negotiating the second stage of the deal, which aims to extend the truce and lead to the release of more Israeli hostages that Hamas maintains.

Three others Israelis The hostages were released On Saturday, in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners, the latest deal in the ceasefire, which has so far witnessed 18 hostages, was released for more than 550 Palestinian prisoners. Negotiations during the second stage are ongoing.

The hostage version comes in the middle of an American President Trump’s comments Last week, the United States will take over the Gaza Strip.

Mr. Trump made comments during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The comments sent a shock through the diplomatic community, although Netanyahu at the time said, “It is useful to follow this path,” referring to the plan.

At the end of this week, Netanyahu sent a delegation to Qatar, a major mediator in talks between the two sides, but the mission included low -level officials, which sparked speculation that it would not lead to a penetration in the extension of the truce. Netanyahu is also expected to hold a meeting of the cabinet ministers this week in the second stage of the deal.

At the same time, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirmed its categorical rejection of the statements made by Netanyahu last week about the removal of the Palestinians from their land, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. Israeli officials suggested establishing a Palestinian state on Saudi soil.

Netanyahu seemed to joke on Thursday when he responded to an interview on the Brunde 14 channel, which he said by mistake “the Saudi state” instead of the “Palestinian state”, before correcting itself. While the Saudi statement mentioned the name Netanyahu, it did not refer directly to the comments about the establishment of a Palestinian state in Saudi territory. Egypt and Jordan also condemned the Israeli proposals, with Cairo considering the idea as a “direct violation of Saudi sovereignty.” The Kingdom said it appreciated the “brotherly states” rejection of Netanyahu’s statements.

Separately on Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that two women in their twenties, including one of the pregnancy, were shot by the Israeli shooting in the northern West Bank, where the Israeli forces were carrying out a wide operation.

The shutdown is fragile and expanded is not guaranteed

Since it started on January 19, the ceasefire deal has faced repeated obstacles and disputes between the two sides, confirming fragility. But she held, which raised hopes that the devastating war that led to seismic transformations in the Middle East may move towards its end.

On Sunday, property -full cars, including water tanks and bags, were seen north via a road crossing. Under the deal, Israel is supposed to allow cars to cross through unexpected, and there seem to be no forces near the road.

Hamas spokesman Abdel -Latifa Al -Qanoa said that the withdrawal showed that Hamas “forced the enemy to submit to our demands” and that he thwarted “and they are Netanyahu to achieve complete victory.”

The Israeli officials, who spoke, had no disclosure of their identity because they were not authorized to discuss the forces of the forces with the media, did not reveal the number of soldiers who were withdrawing. The forces are currently along the Gaza border with Israel and Egypt, and it is expected that a full withdrawal will be negotiated at a later stage of the armistice.

During the first phase of the 42 days of the ceasefire, Hamas gradually launching 33 Israeli hostages captured during October 7, 2023, in exchange for a fighting stop, freedom for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and a flood of humanitarian aid to the Gaza war. The deal also states that the Israeli forces will retreat from the inhabited areas in Gaza as well as the Netzarim Corridor.

In the second stage, all the remaining hostages will be launched in exchange for the full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and “sustainable calm”. But the details that go beyond that are unclear and repeated blocs during the first stage and the lack of deep confidence between the two sides have been introduced to whether they can overcome the extension.

The truce faces many challenges, including Trump’s proposal

Israel said it would not agree to the full withdrawal of Gaza until Hamas’s military and political capabilities are eliminated. Hamas says it will not hand over the recent hostages until Israel removes all forces from the region.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu is under severe pressure from his right -wing political allies to resume the war after the first stage so that Hamas, which carried out the bloodiest attack on Israelis in their history, can be defeated. He also faces pressure from the Israelis who are eager to see more hostages who return to the homeland and want to deal with them to follow up, especially after the emergence of the three male prisoners who released them on Saturday.

The complexity of matters is also the suggestion of Mr. Trump to transfer the residents of Gaza and the ownership of the Palestinian territories. Israel expressed its openness to the idea, while Hamas, the Palestinians and the broader Arab world refused.

The proposed plan is burdened with moral, legal and practical obstacles. But it may have been suggested as a negotiating tactic by Mr. Trump, to try to increase pressure on Hamas or as an opening maneuver in the bargaining process that aims to secure the normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia. It seemed that this major deal was shook on Sunday, when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemned notes from Netanyahu, who said that the Palestinians can create their mandate in that region.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that his statements “aim to turn attention from the successive crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against our Palestinian brothers in Gaza, including the ethnic cleansing they are exposed to.”

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

Increased violence in the occupied West Bank

The war was killed in Gaza, which was raised by the Hamas attack, which killed 1,200 people and saw 250 hostages, more than 47,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas -run Palestinian health authorities that do not differentiate between fighters and non -fighters in their number. Vasydd parts of the region were obliterated in the fighting, leaving many Palestinians returning to damaged or destroyed homes.

Violence has risen in the West Bank throughout the war and intensified in recent days with an Israeli military operation in the northern region. The shooting of pregnant women, Sondos Shalabi, occurred in the Nur Shams camp in urban areas, a pivotal point of Israeli operations against Palestinian militants in the region. The Hamas -running Ministry of Health said that another woman, who was identified in the name of Rahar Al -Ada, 21, was killed there on Sunday.

The Israeli army did not immediately respond to the request for comment. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Sunday the expansion of the Israeli military operation, which started in the city of Jinin several weeks ago. He said that the operation aims to prevent Iran from establishing a foothold in the occupied West Bank.