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EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
Netanyahu confirms the division of the Gaza Strip and the creation of a new corridor called the Morag Corridor, which will cross the Strip just above the city of Rafah, close to the border with Egypt. In this way, Israel will have divided the Strip into three sectors. The first, from north to south, will reach the Netzarim Corridor. The second will be between this corridor and the Morag Corridor, and the third will be between this corridor and the Philadelphia Corridor, which separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt.

Pressure on the Palestinians continues to grow, and their expulsion from Gaza depends on a decision by Donald Trump. What the prime minister is doing now is "organizing" the Strip so that the deportation can be carried out quickly.

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
The first poll since the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut has projected Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity to rise. After nearly a year of lackluster poll results and strong public hostility, the Israeli prime minister is once again moving freely and confidently, and it is difficult to know how far he is prepared to go.

Netanyahu has allowed himself to leave the Gaza Strip open pending what happens at the US polls in November. Depending on who enters the White House, it will be much clearer whether Israel can expel all or part of the Palestinian population, 2,3 million people, who since October 7, 2023 have been migrating relentlessly from one place to another in the Strip, forced by American bombs from Israeli fighter planes that pursue them everywhere.

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
The Philadelphia Corridor is a narrow belt 100 meters wide and 14 kilometers long that runs parallel to and along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. The name Philadelphia (without the letter a at the end) was chosen at random by the Israeli army, while the Palestinians and Egyptians call it the Saladin Corridor.

In recent months, this has become very important, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that any ceasefire agreement with Hamas include the permanence of Israeli troops in that axis. In contrast, the Islamist organisation's position is that any agreement should include the complete withdrawal of soldiers from the entire Gaza Strip, including the Philadelphia corridor.