Philadelphi in a sentence

Despite Egypt’s denial of the existence of smuggling tunnels beneath it, security officials believe that the Philadelphi Corridor serves as the primary route for weapons bound for Hamas.

In July 1998, while trying to cross the Philadelphi Corridor to Egypt, he escaped from a force from the Nahal 50th Battalion which was lying in ambush a few dozen meters away.

A key sticking point in the talks has been Israel's insistence on keeping control of the so-called Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border, to stop Hamas from rearming, something the militant group has refused to countenance.

Even if the IDF can shut down smuggling at the Philadelphi Corridor, Hamas still has large stores of munitions and weaponry, not to mention the hostages and other human shields they can use for guerilla attacks on the IDF.

Hamas political official Bassem Naim said last week that the working proposal at the time had adopted Netanyahu's demands, including that Israeli forces remain in control of both the Philadelphi and Netzarim corridors.

Hamas’s statement comes days after Israel said it is preparing to continue waging war on Gaza for another seven months, and seized the Philadelphi Corridor, a strategic strip of land between Gaza and Egypt.

In this context, a well-informed source revealed to Al-Manar Website that the Israeli withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor is one of the guarantees offered by mediators to Hamas to accept the agreement.

Israel does not currently control of the Philadelphi Corridor.

Israeli officials have argued that smuggling across the border and through the Philadelphi Corridor has provided Gaza’s Hamas rulers with weapons and other supplies, which Egypt vehemently denies.

Israel wants some troops to remain—along not just the Philadelphi Corridor but also some line in northern Gaza, to prevent Hamas militants from storming across the Israeli border again—until all the hostages are freed.

Khaled Elgindy, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said that Khalifa’s visit came in response to recent Israeli statements on the Philadelphi Corridor.

Lt. Gen. Ahmad Fathy Khalifa’s visit came in response to Israel demanding control of the Philadelphi Corridor, said one expert.

The army said that soldiers from the 162nd Division were redeployed to the Jabaliya area overnight Saturday after being stationed along the Philadelphi Corridor separating Gaza from Egypt’s Sinai.

The capitulation Netanyahu is ruling out would instead be very specific to the cease-fire negotiations, which have stalled over his late addition of a demand that Israeli forces should retain control of the so-called Philadelphi corridor.

The chief of staff of Egypt’s armed forces inspected security conditions at the Egypt-Gaza border, known as the Philadelphi Corridor, on Thursday amid Israeli demands that it wants to remain in control of the strategic area as it battles Hamas.

The IDF has been searching Rafah and the adjacent Philadelphi Corridor to identify and dismantle as many tunnels as possible.

The person said Netanyahu had agreed to shift one Philadelphi position by a few hundred metres but would retain overall control of the corridor, despite pressure from members of his own negotiating team for more concessions.

These terms include a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including the “Philadelphi Corridor” border between Egypt and Gaza.

The United States and Egypt are pressuring Jerusalem to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor, the approximately 110-yard wide, 8.7-mile-long strip of land running the length of Gaza’s border with Sinai, reported.

They would remain in fortified positions along the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land between Egypt and Gaza, and Netzarim Corridor which splits north Gaza from south.