Israel Defense Forces chief Eyal Zamir addressed troops in Gaza on Sunday, referring to the "yellow line" currently splitting Gaza in half as a "new border line." "We will not allow Hamas to reestablish itself," Zamir said. "We have operational control over extensive parts of the Gaza Strip and we will remain on those defense lines. The yellow line is a new border line -- serving as a forward defensive line for our communities and a line of operational activity." Israeli forces withdrew to the yellow line in October as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. That partial withdrawal left Israeli forces in control of more than half of the strip. The yellow line was intended as the first of three demarcation lines, to which Israeli forces would withdraw as the ceasefire progressed through its

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