A freed Palestinian prisoner is embraced by family members in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Map showing the north of the Gaza Strip with the Netzarim corridor and the border crossing known as Gate Displaced Palestinians cross the Netzarim Corridor as they make their way to the northern parts of the Gaza Strip.
Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed vehicles as they cross the Netzarim Corridor on their way to northern Gaza. The war has left huge areas of the Gaza Strip in total ruin, with most of the population displaced. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised a proposal from President Donald Trump for US control of Gaza and the displacement of its population as 'revolutionary', striking a triumphant tone in a statement to his cabinet following his return to Israel from Washington.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised a proposal from President Donald Trump for US control of Gaza and the displacement of its population as "revolutionary", striking a triumphant tone in a statement to his cabinet following his return to Israel from Washington. Trump set out a plan earlier this week to move the Gazans out of the territory to other countries in the region, while the United States would take charge of redeveloping it, sparking a diplomatic backlash.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, Palestinians were on Sunday able to cross the Netzarim Corridor, a strategic zone cutting the narrow territory in two, after Israeli troops were said to have withdrawn. AFP journalists saw no troops in the area, as cars, buses, pickup trucks and donkey carts travelled north and south along the road.
Gaza resident Mahmoud al-Sarhi said "arriving at the Netzarim Corridor meant death until this morning". This is "the first time I saw our destroyed house", he told AFP of his home in the nearby Zeitun area. A senior Hamas official said the Israeli withdrawal from Netzarim had been scheduled for Sunday under the terms of the truce that took effect on January Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces had shot dead three civilians in Gaza City north of Netzarim on Sunday.
