Israel won’t abandon ‘security’ corridor dividing Gaza: Analysis

Hamas says its negotiation team, led by senior official Khalil al-Hayya, met Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt’s intelligence chief Abbas Kamel to discuss the latest developments in Gaza. A current ceasefire proposal remains on the table with Hamas saying it’s ready to hand over Israeli captives, but Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu rejecting the terms. Sultan Barakat, a professor at Qatar’s Hamid Bin Khalifa University, says “the Israelis have created further facts on the ground” when it comes to the truce deal that Hamas accepted in July after it was endorsed by the UN Security Council. Israel has created a “corridor that splits Gaza in two and it will never leave that”, Barakat told Al Jazeera, a fact Hamas cannot agree to in any agreement. “They [the Israelis] use the excuse of security, but they really use it to make the lives of Palestinians even more difficult,” he added. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Hamas #WarOnGaza #QatarDiplomacy #EgyptMediation #GazaUpdates #Palestine #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaBombardment #AlJazeeraEnglish