The Israeli government has decided in the past few days that Israel will allow the rehabilitation and the construction of the “New Rafah,” after receiving a commitment from Hamas to disarm within 100 days, Haaretz has learned. The Israeli decision was made in response to an American request to separate between what is called “old Gaza,” which is under full Hamas control, and the areas of new construction in the Gaza Strip under the responsibility of the committee of technocrats established with the support of the United States.
