Gaza Peace Plan and Control

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M E D I T E R R A N E A N

S E A

E G Y P T

Beit Lahia Beit Lahia

Beit Hanun Beit Hanun

Gaza City Gaza City

Bureij Bureij

Deir el Balah Deir el Balah

Khan Yunis Khan Yunis

Khuzaah Khuzaah

Rafah Rafah

L E G E N D

Palestinian-held area

Held by Israel, east of the Yellow Line

Yellow Line, from October 2025

Israeli line before the ceasefire

Second withdrawal (planned)

Third withdrawal: border buffer (planned)

Gaza border

Egypt border

N

10 km

6 mi

North at top. The Yellow Line is traced from the positions of the markers in CNN’s satellite-based map. The earlier and planned lines are schematic and approximate.

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HISTORICAL MAPS

MAP 25 Gaza Peace Plan and Control

Sources: CNN (satellite imagery of Israeli Yellow Line markers), CBS News, Wikipedia, and a

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The Yellow Line and the planned withdrawals

The ceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025 left Israel holding the eastern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces pulled back from most of Gaza City to a line they call the Yellow Line, marked in the field by yellow concrete blocks. Everything east of it stays under Israeli control, and Palestinians are warned not to approach.

The line comes from the Trump Peace Plan, which was drafted in Washington and not negotiated with Israel clause by clause. Its first stage, tied to the release of the hostages, left about 53 percent of the Strip behind the line. Israel refuses to carry out the next stages, a further pullback once an International Stabilization Force is in place and then withdrawal to a border buffer, until Hamas is completely disarmed. Israel therefore remains on what it calls an improved Yellow Line.

The line is not fixed. Satellite imagery shows markers placed or moved since the ceasefire, and estimates of the area under Israeli control range from about 53 percent at the start to about 60 percent by mid-2026, and higher when restricted zones are counted.

TIMELINE

October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks southern Israel from Gaza and the war begins.

October 10, 2025 Ceasefire takes effect and Israeli forces pull back to the Yellow Line.

Stage one Hostage release. The line runs 1.5 to 6.5 kilometres inside the border, according to CBS News.

Stage two Planned pullback once the International Stabilization Force is mobilized. Israel awaits full Hamas disarmament.

Stage three Planned final withdrawal to a security buffer zone along the border.

Yellow markers are moved in places. Estimates of Israeli control reach about 58 to 60 percent.

Trump plan map.

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