Israel maintaining control deeper inside Gaza than expected, new boundary markers suggest
18 minutes ago Share Save Benedict Garman, Emma Pengelly & Matt Murphy BBC Verify Share Save
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The Israeli military is exerting control over more of Gaza than expected from the ceasefire deal with Hamas, a BBC Verify analysis has found. Under the first stage of the deal, Israel agreed to retreat to a boundary running along the north, south and east of Gaza. The divide was marked by a yellow line on maps released by the military and has become known as the "Yellow Line". But new videos and satellite images show that markers placed by Israeli troops in two areas to mark the divide have been positioned hundreds of metres deeper inside the strip than the expected withdrawal line.
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