What did phase one of the ceasefire agreement actually deliver?
Phase one of Trump’s plan was designed to stop the fighting, facilitate the exchange of captives, set a boundary for Israeli withdrawal, allow the full entry of aid and open the Rafah crossing.
But most of the goals under the plan never became a reality on the ground:
The attacks did not stop, with Israel killing at least 451 Palestinians and wounding 1,251 since October last year.
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All Israeli captives have been returned from Gaza except for the remains of one, while Israel has not released all the Palestinian prisoners agreed on, a member of the Hamas political bureau says.
Israel was supposed to withdraw its troops to an area demarcated by the so-called “yellow line”, taking up more than half of Gaza. But Al Jazeera has found that Israeli forces have been moving boundary markers, expanding their areas of control.
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