以色列不会从菲拉德尔菲走廊——分隔埃及和加沙的边界——撤军停火协议规定在哈马斯和以色列之间，一名以色列官员向美国广播公司证实。
一名以色列官员在一份声明中说，“我们不会允许哈马斯杀人犯再次带着皮卡车和枪支在我们的边境游荡，我们也不会允许他们通过走私来重建实力。”
以色列和卡塔尔代表团周四抵达开罗，就加沙停火协议进行谈判。美国代表也将参加由埃及官员斡旋的会谈。
在目前的停火协议达成之前，菲拉德尔菲走廊是以色列和哈马斯谈判的主要症结之一。在本已脆弱的停火协议的微妙时刻，这一拒绝可能会导致哈马斯和关键调停人埃及之间的危机。
以色列本应在周六，停火协议第一阶段的最后一天，开始从菲拉德尔菲走廊以及整个加沙地带撤军。以色列应在八天内完成从走廊的撤军。
对哈马斯来说，管理走廊是一条红线，哈马斯拒绝接受不要求以色列从边境地区撤军的停火提议。
以色列官员最近几个月表示，他们认为以色列军队必须留在菲拉德尔菲走廊，以防止武器通过埃及边境走私回加沙，尽管以色列已经摧毁了该地区的隧道。
国防部长伊斯雷尔·卡茨在与当地领导人的一次会议上说，他最近访问走廊时看到了穿过边境的隧道。
前国防部长Yoav Gallant公开反对本雅明·内塔尼亚胡总理坚持以色列必须留在走廊----以及分隔加沙北部和南部的Netzarim走廊----以维护其安全，实现其军事目标和维护其安全。
今年8月，当时的以色列国防军总参谋长赫齐·哈勒维说，以色列不应该以守住加沙或菲拉德尔菲走廊的任何部分为借口，破坏与哈马斯的潜在协议。根据Halevi的说法，以色列军队可以处理离开加沙和放弃对Philadelphi的控制。
停火的第一阶段将于周六结束。
Israel will not withdraw from Philadelphi corridor as stipulated in ceasefire
Israel will not withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor -- the border separating Egypt and Gaza -- asstipulated by the ceasefire agreementbetween Hamas and Israel, an Israeli official confirmed to ABC News.
"We will not allow Hamas murderers to once again roam our borders with pickup trucks and guns, and we will not allow them to rebuild strength from smuggling," an Israeli official said in a statement.
Delegations from Israel and Qatar arrived in Cairo on Thursday for negotiations on the Gaza ceasefire deal. The talks, mediated by Egyptian officials, will also be attended by U.S. representatives.
The Philadelphi corridor was one of the main sticking points in negotiations between Israel and Hamas for months before the current ceasefire deal was reached. This refusal could lead to a crisis with both Hamas and Egypt, the key mediator, at a delicate time for the already fragile truce.
Israel was supposed to begin withdrawing from the Philadelphi corridor -- and the entire Gaza Strip -- on Saturday, the last day of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement. Israel was to complete its withdrawal from the corridor within eight days.
Management of the corridor is a red line for Hamas, which had refused to accept ceasefire proposals that did not require Israel to withdraw its troops from the border region.
Israeli officials have said in recent months that they believed the Israeli army had to stay in the Philadelphi corridor to prevent weapons being smuggled through the Egyptian border, back into Gaza, though Israel has destroyed tunnels in that area.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said at a meeting with local leaders that he had seen tunnels penetrating the border on a recent visit to the corridor.
Former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant had publicly opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that Israel must remain in the corridor -- and in the Netzarim corridor, which divides north and south Gaza -- to maintain its security and achieve its military goals and maintain its security.
In August, then-Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said holding on to any part of Gaza or the Philadelphi corridor are conditions Israel should not use as an excuse to break a potential deal with Hamas. The Israeli army can deal with both being out of Gaza and giving up control of Philadelphi, according to Halevi.
The first phase of the ceasefire ends on Saturday.
