Netanyahu in dispute with Israeli negotiators over ceasefire conditions, source says

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Netanyahu in dispute with ******** negotiators over ceasefire conditions, source says

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has locked horns with ******** ceasefire negotiators over his insistence that ******* will not pull out of the so-called Philadelphi Corridor in the south of the Gaza Strip, a person with knowledge of the talks said.

The Philadelphi Corridor, along the border with Egypt, and the Netzarim Corridor cutting across the middle of the Gaza Strip, have been two of the main sticking points in talks backed by Egypt, Qatar and the ******* States.

Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted that ******* will not give up control of the Philadelphi Corridor because it wants to prevent ****** smuggling weapons and fighters across the border with Egypt. He has also said ******* must maintain checkpoints in the Netzarim Corridor to stop armed ****** fighters moving from the southern section of the Gaza Strip into the north.

The person said Netanyahu had agreed to shift one Philadelphi position by a few hundred metres but would retain overall control of the corridor, despite pressure from members of his own negotiating team for more concessions.

“The prime minister insists that this situation will continue, contrary to pressure from certain elements in the negotiating team who are willing to withdraw from there,” said the person, who has close knowledge of the negotiations.

*******’s Channel 12 television reported this week that Netanyahu had been bitterly critical of the negotiating team, led by David Barnea, the chief of the Mossad intelligence service, for being willing to make too many concessions.

More than 10 months after the Oct. 7 ******* on ******* that triggered the war, the ******* States has been pressing ******* for an end to hostilities.

******-led gunmen ******* some 1,200 people and abducted around 250 hostages on Oct.7, according to ******** tallies, while ******** bombardments have ***** waste to Gaza and ******* more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to health officials in the enclave.

Netanyahu has been under heavy pressure to reach a deal from families of some of the ******** hostages who remain in Gaza and many have been strongly critical of the ******** to reach a deal, joining critics have accused him of hindering a deal for his own political purposes.

But with pressure from hardliners in his own cabinet against any concessions, and with opinion polls indicating a pick-up in the disastrous ratings he had at the start of the war, the prime minister has said repeatedly he aims for total victory over ******.

(Reporting by Emily Rose; writing by James Mackenzie; editing by Giles Elgood)

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