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.
Persons:
Benjamin Netanyahu
Organizations:
Palestinian
Locations:
Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Egypt