Israel completed its withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor on Sunday, a militarized zone that splits Gaza in half, as part of its commitments under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have filed through the area,

The Israeli army reduced its forces in the Gaza Strip on Monday to only two divisions following its complete withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza. The army withdrew early Sunday from the corridor, which separates northern Gaza from the south, after more than a year and three months of occupation.

During the war with Hamas, troops patrolled the Netzarim Corridor, which splits Gaza, preventing evacuated Palestinians from returning north.

Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Netzarim Corridor - a military zone cutting off the north of the Gaza Strip from the south. Hundreds of Palestinians in cars and on carts laden with mattresses and other goods began returning to northern Gaza following the pull-out - often to scenes of utter destruction.

The Netzarim Corridor is just a 6-kilometre-long strip that controls key access points between Gaza’s north and south. It stretches from the Israeli border in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the