Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi announced that the military is preparing for all scenarios concerning the Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border, depending on political decisions, Anadolu reports.

“Holding the Philadelphi Route is an important thing because it deals with Hamas’s force buildup,” Halevi claimed.

He said the army is “ready to maintain a strong presence on the corridor if the political leadership decides to do so, but is also prepared to monitor and raid the area as needed if a different approach is taken.

“If it (political leadership) decides that we’re staying in Philadelphi, we’ll know how to stay there and stay strong.”

He said if the leadership “decides that we must monitor the area and carry out raids whenever we have an indication, we will know how to do it.”