Israeli Chief of Staff Outrageously Calls Gaza’s Yellow Line a “New Border”
Tel Aviv Signals Long-Term Annexation Under US-Brokered Ceasefire. Zamir remarks directly contradict the ceasefire terms that defined the withdrawal as temporary and strictly procedural.
Palestine, PUREWILAYAH.COM - Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, Chief of Staff of the Israeli occupation forces, openly confirmed on Sunday that the so-called “Yellow Line” in Gaza now functions as a “new border” — a declaration that exposes a long-term project of land seizure engineered under the cover of a US-mediated ceasefire.
Speaking to reserve units inside Gaza, Zamir said the occupation intends to remain deployed along the line, which he described as a permanent security and operational zone separating Gaza from the rest of Palestine.
His remarks directly contradict the ceasefire terms that defined the withdrawal as temporary and strictly procedural.
Zamir’s admission underscores what Palestinian resistance movements have long warned: the Israeli regime is using the ceasefire to cement a strategic partition of Gaza, entrench military occupation, and establish irreversible facts on the ground.
Fortified Berms, Outposts, and Drones: Israel Builds a New Military Frontier
Reports from The Wall Street Journal reveal that Israel has issued orders to physically fortify the Yellow Line, transforming it into an entrenched military boundary. The new installations include:
Two-storey sand berms topped with barbed wire
Yellow-painted concrete markers along the demarcation
New outposts overlooking destroyed neighborhoods, including Shujaiyah
Armored units and drones deployed for continuous surveillance
A newly carved sandy road supporting military movement
Military officials admitted that only 10–20 percent of the marking work has been completed, signaling accelerated expansion in the coming months. The decision aligns with earlier proposals reportedly pushed by US envoys Jared Kushner and Vice President JD Vance to split Gaza and “rebuild” zones behind the line — a plan widely criticized as demographic engineering and forced territorial reconfiguration.
Ceasefire in Name Only: Hundreds Killed Since US-Brokered Agreement
Despite the supposed ceasefire framework, Israeli attacks continue across Gaza. Since the arrangement took effect, at least 370–375 Palestinians have been killed, averaging eight civilian deaths every day. Children remain among the primary victims.
The killing of brothers Fadi and Jomaa Tamer Abu Assi, aged 8 and 11, on November 29, exemplifies the brutality of the occupation’s enforcement of its illegitimate “yellow line.”
The two children were struck by an Israeli drone while attempting to return home. Their house lies inside a so-called “red zone,” but the yellow line itself has no physical markers or civilian guidance — a deliberate ambiguity that turns daily life into a death trap.
A Manufactured Border for Annexation and Displacement
By labeling the Yellow Line a “new border,” Israel signals its intention to:
Annex territory inside Gaza under a military guise
Impose demographic separation and forced displacement
Redesign Gaza’s internal geography to fragment Palestinian society
Maintain perpetual military dominance regardless of ceasefire terms
The move fits a decades-long pattern of incremental annexation, implemented now with explicit political and security backing from the United States.
Resistance Perspective
For Palestinian resistance groups, Zamir’s declaration confirms that the ceasefire is merely a political instrument for occupation forces and their American backers — not a path toward de-escalation or civilian protection.
The militarization of the Yellow Line, the continued killing of civilians, and Israel’s push to redraw Gaza’s boundaries demonstrate a coordinated effort to impose a new colonial reality.
As Gaza continues to bury its dead, the resistance and wider Palestinian society see the Yellow Line not as a border, but as another front in Israel’s ongoing project of dispossession — a project shielded by Washington and implemented with lethal precision on the ground. (PW)