Israel says it will control Rafah crossing during ceasefire’s first stage 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau said Wednesday that Israel volition stay successful power of the Rafah crossing betwixt the Gaza Strip and Egypt passim the archetypal signifier of the ceasefire statement betwixt Israel and Hamas.

A connection from the bureau denied reports that the Palestinian Authority, which governs portion of the West Bank, would power the Rafah crossing.

European Union monitors volition supervise the crossing, with Israeli troops surrounding the country and Israel successful complaint of approving the transition of radical and goods done the crossing.

Israel has been successful power of the country since May of 2024 arsenic portion of its violative seeking to dismantle the Hamas militant radical successful Gaza.

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In photos: Hundreds of trucks present assistance from Egypt to Gaza arsenic ceasefire holds

Israeli authoritative resigns

Israel's service chief, Herzi Halevi, said Tuesday helium would resign connected March 6, accepting work for the monolithic information nonaccomplishment connected October 7, 2023, erstwhile Hamas militants from Gaza carried retired a cross-border panic onslaught connected Israel, sidesplitting 1,200 radical and capturing 250 hostages.

Halevi, successful a missive to Israel's defence minister, said helium would implicit the Israel Defense Forces' inquiries into the daze onslaught that led to 15 months of warring and assistance fortify the IDF's readiness for aboriginal information challenges.

"I volition transportation bid of the IDF successful a high-quality and thorough mode to my successor," wrote Halevi, who is main of the General Staff of Israel's equipped forces.

A six-week truce is present successful effect, but Halevi said, "The objectives of the warfare person not each been achieved. The service volition proceed to combat to further dismantle Hamas and its governing capabilities, guarantee the instrumentality of the hostages" and alteration Israelis displaced by militant attacks to instrumentality home.

Ever since the attack, Netanyahu has refused to reply questions astir assigning blasted for the attack, saying that specified an enquiry could hold for the warfare to end.

Israel’s counteroffensive successful Gaza has killed much than 47,000, with astir of them women and children, according to the wellness ministry successful Gaza, though Israel, without evidence, says it has killed 17,000 militants.

Hamas, a U.S. designated panic group, said it volition merchandise different circular of hostages connected Saturday, arsenic the ceasefire with Israel held into a 3rd time and U.N. humanitarian agencies moved assistance into Gaza to assistance Palestinian civilians.

A Hamas authoritative told Agence France-Presse connected Tuesday that the adjacent radical of hostages would beryllium 4 Israeli women, who would beryllium acceptable escaped successful speech for a fig of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Fifteen months of warfare has devastated the Gaza Strip, destroying galore of the homes that Palestinians who fled successful hunt of information hoped to instrumentality to with the halt successful fighting.

The ceasefire has truthful acold included the instrumentality of 3 hostages who had been held successful Gaza and the merchandise 90 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said astir 900 assistance trucks entered Gaza connected Tuesday.

Some accusation successful this study came from The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.