YnetNews.com reports: “Hamas rejected what it described as Israel’s latest changes to the proposed hostage release deal according to a report on Reuters citing a Western official and a Palestinian and two Egyptian sources. ‘the Israelis want a vetting mechanism for civilian populations returning to the north of Gaza,’ a source told the agency on Friday.

The government’s concern is that armed terrorists would infiltrate into the area disguised as civilians once the population is allowed back when the cease-fire takes hold.

According to the Egyptian official, Israel’s demand to hold on to the Philadelphi Corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt is another obstacle on the road to a deal. Cairo rejected the demand and said it was not part of the original proposal put forth by U.S. President Joe Biden last month.

The proposal was completed before Israel took hold of the strategic strip of land through which the IDF believes Hamas has been smuggling weapons and material for its armament production…”