Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday voted in favor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s condition that the IDF remain in the Philadelphi corridor as a pre-condition for any hostage-ceasefire deal.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant voted against the measure, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir abstained from voting because he objected to the gradual reduction in the number of troops.

The approval was mainly symbolic since the maps showing the IDF’s intention to remain on the Philadelphi corridor close to Gaza’s border with Egypt were already included in the US’s “bridging proposal” of the hostage-ceasefire deal presented to Hamas as well as mediators in the US and Egypt.