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Published on: 22/01/2025 | 00:00:00
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Steve Witkoff will visit two Israeli-held zones in Gaza in the coming days. The Netzarim Corridor separates north and south Gaza and has been occupied by Israeli forces since they invaded the Palestinian enclave in late October 2023. It will be the envoy’s first visit to the Middle East since Israel and Hamas agreed a ceasefire deal on January 15. Fifteen months of war in Gaza has left the enclave levelled and the vast majority of its population displaced. The United Nations has repeatedly warned of imminent famine in northern Gaza. All told, at least 47,107 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The US president had demanded a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel prior to his inauguration day. It was not immediately clear how Trump would respond if Israel were to break from the agreement. Trump has generally been more amenable to Israeli interests than his predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump has peeled back Biden-era sanctions on Israeli settler groups accused of violence against Palestinians. Already, Trump ran on a pledge to be global peacemaker and end conflicts abroad. Renewed push for normalisation Witkoff also said he hoped to reignite Israeli-Arab normalisation efforts Trump spearheaded during his first term.
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