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Algeria expels over 1,800 migrants to Niger border, rights group says
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Monday that Israeli forces must retain control over the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, which has emerged as a primary sticking point in Gaza ceasefire talks.
"The achievement of the war's objectives goes through the Philadelphi
Corridor... Control of the Philadelphi axis guarantees that the hostages will
not be smuggled out of Gaza," he said during a press conference. Hamas is
demanding a complete Israeli withdrawal from the area.
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