Israel wants control of Philadelphi Corridor

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced that Israel will remain in control of the Philadelphi Corridor along the border between Egypt and Gaza, Al Arabiya News’ Tel Aviv Correspondent Trent Murray says.    #Israel #Gaza

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00:00Defence Minister Israel Katz says that security in the Philadelphia Corridor will remain in

00:06IDF hands.

00:08What is the significance of this area?

00:11And we're just switching focus here.

00:13Well, it's a key crossing point between Gaza and Egypt.

00:18And so if the IDF continues to maintain control of the Philadelphia Corridor, then what it

00:25effectively means is that the Palestinians in Gaza are cut off from any sort of access

00:31into the Egyptian side of their four-sided enclave.

00:36So it is significant.

00:38No surprise, I think, that Israel Katz has said that, because consistently the government

00:42here has been saying that they will maintain security in Gaza moving forward, even if there

00:46is a ceasefire agreement.

00:48I mean, we should note that Egypt does maintain that border on its side, but it is also heavily

00:54restricted, just like on the Israeli side.

00:57So I think a pretty significant show of strength, or a perceived show of strength, really, from

01:03the Israeli government sending the Defence Minister down there.

01:06But it will, I think, cause some concern, particularly in Egypt, that the IDF is maintaining

01:11this strong line, that they are going to maintain control of that key border crossing that separates

01:17Gaza and Egypt.

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