Why is Israel demanding control over 2 Gaza corridors in the cease-fire talks?

[Mosby]

32. The philadelphi corridor is the border.

Israel has entered into various agreements with Egypt re the border, with the Philadelphi Accords Egypt agreed to prevent the smuggling of weapons and other criminal activity. They didn't do that, in fact they allowed human smuggling along with large amounts of weapons. This all occurred because of the withdrawal of IDF from Gaza in 2005.

In 2004, the Knesset passed a resolution to unilaterally withdraw all Israeli citizens and forces from the Gaza Strip, which went into force in August 2005. To enable Israel's evacuation from the Philadelphi Corridor, while preventing smuggling of weapons from Egypt into the Gaza Strip and infiltration and other criminal activity, Israel signed with Egypt the "Agreed Arrangements Regarding the Deployment of a Designated Force of Border Guards Along the Border in the Rafah Area" (Philadelphi Accord) on 1 September 2005. Under the Philadelphi Accord, Egypt was authorized to deploy border guards along the Philadelphi route to patrol the border on Egypt's side.[6] Part of the agreement was a continuous coordination between Israel and Egypt regarding operations and intelligence¹.

So because the disengagement and withdrawal from Gaza has been an unmitigated disaster, the Israelis wisely want to start securing the border themselves, because the Egyptians are clearly not up to the job.


¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphi_Corridor#:~:text=The%20Philadelphi%20Corridor%2C%20also%20called,the%20Gaza%20Strip%20and%20Egypt.