In April 2026, Israel introduced an 'orange line' a few hundred metres west of the ceasefire 'yellow line', creating an area to control and restrict humanitarian work. It claimed this would not affect the Palestinians living there. However, the Israeli military has already begun displacing Palestinians and occupying the area between the two lines. It has also constructed earth berms and placed concrete ‘yellow blocks’ beyond the orange line, further shrinking the area in which Palestinians are concentrated. This expansion is consistent with Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement on 29 May that he had instructed the Israeli military to increase control over Gaza to 70% of its land.