In Gaza, Israel’s creeping Yellow Line takes Palestinians’ land, and lives

• By Ghada Abdulfattah Special contributor
• Taylor Luck Special correspondent
   
  Feb. 17, 2026

  Why We Wrote This

  The yellow cement blocks demarcating Israeli-held territory in Gaza were supposed to mark a temporary armistice line. But with the ceasefire process stalled, the blocks keep moving deeper into Gaza, making Palestinians feel more closed in, and trapped.

For Palestinian residents of Gaza, a string of concrete yellow boxes now demarcates where Israeli-occupied land begins – a barely visible border that, for Palestinians who cross it, marks the line between life and death.

It also marks a shrinking amount of space in which displaced Gazans can live.

The blocks – some with yellow poles – mark the so-called Yellow Line, which residents say is steadily being moved further west and south by Israeli forces.

A temporary makeshift armistice line, the Yellow Line was to disappear and Israeli forces were to withdraw from Gaza... READ MORE   https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0217/gaza-palestinian-land-israel-yellow-line-border

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