'The most significant part of Rafah from an Israeli point of view is the Philadelphia Corridor' "The most significant part of Rafah from an Israeli military point of view and from Hamas's point of view too, is what is called the Philadelphia Corridor", said FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Irris Makler. "That is the corridor at the side between Egypt and Gaza [ . . .], the area from which Hamas was smuggling goods and military equipment from Egypt into Gaza."