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“Over the years, there has been a gradual encroachment by Israelis on Palestinian territory, where they gradually take off more and more territory, partially occupy it militarily, and then eventually cut Palestinians off from access to that territory,” analyst Andreas Krieg told Anadolu. “That could very well happen in Gaza as well.”Krieg said that there are certain groups within the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushing for the reoccupation of Gaza. “Basically, reoccupying it in the same way that they’re doing in the West Bank,” explained the senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King’s College London.
Elaborating on the specifics of the corridor, Krieg said it has two east-west connections that cut the Gaza Strip into two. “I think it’s a quasi-permanent structure that I don’t think the IDF [Israel Defence Forces] is going to withdraw from any time soon.”
He explained that the corridor has barriers and forward operating bases, along with a partially tarmacked road, making it “very much a solid barrier” to passage from north to south in Gaza, or vice versa.
“It’s not a temporary one, but a permanent structure that suggests that the IDF is most likely going to keep the corridor and create checkpoints, making it part of a wider stabilisation operation which can last years,” he explained.
| Period | 16 May 2024 |
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| Held at | Anadolu Agency , Turkey |
Keywords
- Israel
- Gaza