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January 19, 2025 | 12:46 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted on Saturday that the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip with Hamas, which will come into effect on Sunday, January 19, 2025, will be a "temporary" deal.
In a statement, Netanyahu claimed that US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump gave Israel the right to resume attacks if the next phase of the deal with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas does not materialize.
"Israel will also not reduce the number of troops in the Philadelphia Corridor and will increase it during the first phase," he said stubbornly.
Netanyahu's office circulated a statement to the media on Thursday attributed to a "senior political official," promising not to withdraw from the Philadelphia Corridor.
The text of the agreement between Israel and Hamas, announced on Wednesday by Doha and brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US, suggests otherwise. Anadolu Agency obtained a copy of the agreement.
According to the text, "The Israeli side will gradually reduce troops in the corridor area during the first phase based on the accompanying map and the agreement between the two parties."
"After the release of the last hostages in the first phase, on the 42nd day, the Israeli forces will begin their withdrawal and complete it no later than the 50th day."
Qatar announced a three-phase ceasefire deal to end more than 15 months of Israeli genocide in Gaza. The ceasefire will take effect at 8:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.
Nearly 47,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and more than 110,700 injured in Israel's genocide in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, according to local health authorities.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants in November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel is also facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over its war in the enclave.
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