Netanyahu demands to occupy Rafah crossing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that Israel maintain control over key Palestinian territories along the Gaza border with Egypt.

This is one of several conditions for a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

This marks the first time Israel has demanded control over the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and the Philadelphi Corridor. 

Hamas’s stance is that Israel must withdraw from all Gaza territory following a ceasefire. 

Videos circulating on social media show an Israeli flag flying at the Rafah crossing, the border point between Gaza and Egypt