Israel has confirmed it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in phase one of its ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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Israel said it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas. A statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday denied reports that the Palestinian Authority would control the crossing.

It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war without eliminating Hamas, and by leaving four Hamas battalions in Rafah," the Prime Minister's Office stated.. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Israeli ...

to take control of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky explains the complexity of trying to resolve issues that have not been ...

Israel has confirmed that it will maintain control over the Rafah border crossing, the key passage between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

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Both the Trump and Biden administrations have publicly claimed credit for pushing the agreement over the line.

Before the current ceasefire agreement, at least 117 hostages had been released, primarily through prisoner exchanges with Israel. Israeli authorities estimate that at least 98 hostages remain in Hamas captivity, though this number may include the remains of dozens who were killed or died during the conflict.

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