Israel and Egypt are close to reaching a security agreement, stipulating the evacuation of the displaced from Rafah, numbering about a million Palestinians, and their transfer to another area in the Gaza Strip, in exchange for “a certain influence” for Israel in the Philadelphia axis, according to what Israeli Army Radio reported today, Thursday, citing Israeli security officials. .

This comes after talks between Egyptian and Israeli security officials in recent weeks. Israel considers an agreement on the Philadelphia Axis, separating the Gaza Strip and Egypt, to be a “sensitive issue” and a “very important step.” According to the radio, Israel is not interested in working without “important coordination” with the Egyptian side.

The radio added that Israel pledged to Egypt that it “will not operate (militarily) in the Rafah area, before it allows the (displaced) residents there to leave this area, in order to reduce the risks of waves of Palestinian refugees exodus from Gaza to Egyptian territory, which is the central fear in Egypt."

Israel has not yet decided on the area to which the displaced people in the Rafah area will be transferred. The radio reported that there are two possibilities: the return of the displaced to the northern Gaza Strip, in which case the Israeli political level should approve this, or their transfer to the Khan Yunis area “after the Israeli army ends its operations there.”

Regarding the Philadelphia Axis, the radio said that Israel will have a “certain influence” on what is happening along the axis, without the presence of Israeli forces, but rather this may be through technological means installed along the axis.

The radio added that an Arab country in the Gulf will finance the construction of an underground wall in this region against tunnels extending from the Gaza Strip to Egypt. This Gulf country, whose name cannot be mentioned, expressed its approval to finance the construction of this wall, provided that there is Egyptian approval for all these matters, namely the evacuation of the displaced, certain Israeli control over the Philadelphia axis, and the construction of the underground wall.