US EditionIsrael Plans Large Controlled Camp for Palestinians in Southern Gaza
The camp in Rafah aims to shelter Palestinians fleeing conflict or seeking to cross into Egypt, with surveillance and ID checks tracking hundreds of thousands, an Israeli adviser said.
- On Jan 27, Israel cleared land in southern Gaza's Rafah area to build a camp for Palestinians with surveillance and facial-recognition ID checks at its entrance.
- Plans tie to a 'limited reopening' of the Rafah crossing under U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza plan, with Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz ordering troops in July to prepare a Rafah camp.
- Speaking to Reuters, Avivi, founder of the Israel Defense and Security Forum, said `You need to build infrastructure in Rafah that can host them, and then they can choose if they want to go or not` and added `There are no Gazans, almost at all, in Rafah`.
- Critics and officials immediately reacted, with Ismail Al-Thawabta calling the plan cover for `forced displacement`, while Israeli officials deny forced transfer and health authorities report over 480 Palestinian deaths; Avi Dichter warned, `We have to get prepared for the war in Gaza`.
- Nearly all of Gaza's 2 million people are concentrated in a narrow strip, and a White House document last week calls for heavy weapons decommissioning despite Hamas officials saying no detailed proposal exists; a U.S. official said disarmament might accompany amnesty.
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Israel's Defense Minister Katz already spoke in the summer about the construction of a camp for the people in Gaza. Now a high-ranking ex-general confirms that an area in Rafah is to be prepared for this.
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der Standard DEThe Rafah area is likely to be designed to supply hundreds of thousands of people. Hamas sees a cover for the expulsion of Palestinians
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Israel plans large camp for Palestinians in southern Gaza, retired general says
By Pesha MagidJERUSALEM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Israel has cleared land in southern Gaza for the construction of a camp for Palestinians potentially equipped with surveillance and facial recognition technology at its entrance, a retired Israeli general who advises the military said on Tuesday.Retired reservist Brigadier-General Amir Avivi told Reuters in an interview that the camp would be built in an area of Rafah cleared of tunnels built by Hamas,…
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