Preparations to open a seaport in the Gaza Strip and a safe-passage route between Gaza and the West Bank are also supposed to get under way in the next few weeks.

So much is happening so quickly on the ground: Israel's transfer of land, release of prisoners and opening of a safe-passage route between the West Bank and Gaza.

In Gaza, too, there were some tensions, although no violence, as Palestinians who were denied access to the safe-passage route complained about the secrecy of the Israeli application process.

On Oct. 1, Israel will open a southern safe-passage route between Gaza and the West Bank, connecting the Palestinian territories in a very important development to Palestinian businessmen, students and families who are separated.

They delayed opening a safe-passage route connecting the Gaza Strip and the West Bank today after a fundamental disagreement about security procedures.

For the purposes of travel on the safe-passage route, the Palestinians would be divided into two groups, each elaborately monitored by the Israelis.

He said there was still no safe-passage route between Gaza and the West Bank, prisoners and detainees had not been released on schedule, and Israeli troops had not yet withdrawn from Hebron.

Mr. Qassas, the truck driver, said he was most eager for the opening of safe-passage routes between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

On the Israeli side, they include freeing Palestinian prisoners, giving the Palestinians permission to open a port and an airport and opening a safe-passage route between Gaza and the West Bank.

Through an Israeli intermediary, Mr. Netanyahu proposed that Israel open up the promised southern safe-passage route between the Palestinian territories in the West Bank and Gaza, officials say.