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Israel, Egypt Closer to Agreement on Border Security Issues
(i24News) Negotiations between Israel and Egypt were closer to an agreement on solutions for stopping smuggling operations under the Philadelphi corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, Israeli Army Radio reported Thursday. Israel committed not to operate in the Rafah area, near the Egyptian border, before the large Palestinian population there was evacuated. This would alleviate Egypt's concern of a mass exodus of Palestinians into its territory.