The Israeli army announced that it has achieved full operational control over the Philadelphia axis between the Gaza Strip and Egypt today, Wednesday, indicating that it is dealing in a complex environment in the city of Rafah.

He said in a statement, “We took control of the entire Philadelphia axis,” adding that Hamas had established infrastructure in the Philadelphia axis.

"Complete control of the borders"

Haaretz newspaper also reported on Wednesday that the Israeli army took complete control of the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

She added that the Israeli forces took control of 82 tunnel openings in the area, and that these tunnels are being examined in order to destroy them later.

"buffer zone"

Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi said earlier on Wednesday that the Israeli army now controls 75% of the Philadelphia axis along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

The Philadelphia Axis is considered a “buffer zone” and is subject to the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, but two weeks after the Israeli military operation in the city of Rafah on the Egyptian border, the Israeli army took control of part of the axis, which raised questions about the reasons and repercussions of that step.

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Advancing deep into Rafah

During the past few days, Israeli forces advanced deep into Rafah, and took control of more than half of the Philadelphia axis, which is also called the “Salah al-Din Road,” according to what Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant informed US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during the latter’s visit to Tel Aviv, Israel’s intention to expand its ground attack in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, despite all the warnings calling for not doing so, in order to exacerbate the tragedy. Humanitarian efforts to raise the level of tensions with Egypt.

Israel withdrew from it in 2005

The “Salah al-Din” axis, or Philadelphia, is considered a “buffer zone” by the peace treaty signed in 1979, and Israel withdrew from it completely as part of the plan to disengage from the Gaza Strip in 2005.

The “Philadelphia Corridor” extends within the Gaza Strip from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south along the Egyptian border, which is about 14 kilometers.