Erez settlement areas, as well as the other settlements in the Gaza Strip, as delineated on attached map No.2 by a blue line, will be under Israeli authority.

2. Palestinians will be free to move along the coast road and along the road from the Netzarim Junction to the seashore.
   
   

4. The Yellow Area

1. In the areas delineated by a broken red line and shaded in yellow in attached map No.2 ( hereinafter " the Yellow Area " ), and without derogating from Palestinian authority, responsibility will be shared as follows: the Israeli authorities will have the overriding responsibility and powers for security, and the Council will have the responsibility and powers for civil affairs, subject to this Agreement. In addition, with regard to the Yellow Area, cooperation and coordination in security matters, including Joint Patrols, as agreed, will be implemented.
   
   
2. Entry of Palestinian policemen into the Yellow Area and their activity therein may take place as agreed upon through the relevant DCO.
   
   
3. Without derogating from the above, while the Palestinian side shall have responsibility and powers for public order for Palestinians in the Mawasi Area, Israel shall retain the responsibility and powers for internal security. Accordingly, the area shall be treated as Area B throughout the interim period in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article V above. For the purpose of exercising Palestinian public order responsibility and powers, Palestinian uniformed Civil Police ( Al Shurta ) policemen may enter the Mawasi Area after coordination and confirmation of their movement and activity through the relevant DCO.
   
   

5. The Mawasi Area

1. As shown on map No.2, two Joint Patrols will operate in the Mawasi area, the fishermen's wharves of Rafah and Khan Yunis and along the coast road, led by the Israeli vehicle.
   
   
2. Access of Palestinians to the Mawasi area, as delineated on attached map No. 2, will be by the following roads:
   
   
1. Rafah - Tel Sultan - Mawasi;
   
   
2. Khan Yunis - El Bahr Village; and
   
   
3. Deir El Ballah - along the beach to the Mawasi.
   
   

3. The Mawasi Beach
   
   
1. Notwithstanding Israeli authority over the Gush Katif settlement area, the Council may operate sections of the Mawasi beach extending to the east up to the coast road, totaling, together with the Rafah and Khan Yunis wharves, five ( 5 ) kilometers. Israel has notified the Palestinian Authority of the locations of these sections.
   
   
2. These sections may be used for the following purposes:

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