Skip to main content
Gaza ceasefire deal in peril as Israel refuses to uphold bargain to withdraw from strategic corridor
Israeli soldiers take up positions next to the Philadelphi Corridor along the border with Egypt, in the Gaza Strip, September 13, 2024

ISRAEL placed the ceasefire deal with Hamas in jeopardy today by announcing that it will not withdraw from a strategic corridor in the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s refusal could spark a crisis with Hamas and key mediator Egypt at a sensitive moment for the fragile truce.

Hours earlier, Hamas released the remains of four hostages in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, the last planned swap of the ceasefire’s first phase, which ends this weekend. 

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
An Israeli army tank maneuvers in the Gaza Strip is seen from southern Israel, May 4, 2025
World / 4 May 2025
4 May 2025

Ministers vote to escalate war on starving Palestinians

Features / 29 April 2025
29 April 2025

As global fascism grows, ROGER McKENZIE urges the left to reclaim May Day’s revolutionary roots — not as an act of nostalgia, but as fuel for building a ‘community of resistance’ against exploitation and the rise of fascism

Palestinians inspect the remains of a displacement tent hit
World / 18 April 2025
18 April 2025
Similar stories
Yemenis clean debris in front of their shops after a U.S. ai
World / 16 March 2025
16 March 2025
An Israeli tank takes a position near the border with Gaza i
World / 9 February 2025
9 February 2025
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli army strike earl
World / 14 January 2025
14 January 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a pr
World / 5 September 2024
5 September 2024