A NEW DISPUTE over the next phase of Gaza’s ceasefire has put the question of Israeli withdrawal back at the centre of negotiations. US President Donald Trump announced on 31 July that an agreement had been reached for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas, saying Israeli forces would withdraw as the process is completed. Months of expanding Israeli military lines have left homes and farmland inside restricted areas — and families uncertain whether any future withdrawal will allow them to return. The family’s farmland — now lying inside the expanded military zone — was their only source of income. When the family fled their home again in early May, as Israeli forces expanded the military zone around Wadi al-Salqa, her sons rushed to gather their father’s clothes before anything else.