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If Israel truly fulfills its commitments under the 15-point plan proposed by US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza — ostensibly aimed at the disarmament of the Hamas terror group that staged the October 7, 2023, onslaught on southern Israel — then the IDF is required to pull back to the “Yellow Line” that divides the Strip between Israeli and Hamas control.

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