US EditionIsraeli defense minister shares plan to move Palestinians to closed camp
GAZA STRIP, JUL 8 – The camp will initially house 600,000 Palestinians and aims to encourage voluntary emigration amid ongoing political and humanitarian concerns, officials said.
- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced plans on July 8, 2025, to forcibly relocate Gaza's entire population into a closed camp in southern Gaza's Rafah area.
- This plan follows the war triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, and aims to concentrate over 2 million Palestinians into a so-called 'humanitarian city' amid Israel's long-running offensive and blockade.
- Katz said the camp would first hold 600,000 displaced Palestinians from the Mawasi coastal area and would be run by unnamed international bodies, with inhabitants undergoing screenings to exclude Hamas operatives and would not be allowed to leave.
- Human rights lawyer Michael Sfard condemned Katz's proposal as a deliberate scheme to commit a crime against humanity, while other critics compared it to imprisoning Palestinians in a concentration camp, leading to widespread international denunciation.
- The plan implies permanent Israeli control over Gaza and suggests mass displacement, but faces opposition from Palestinians, human rights groups, and regional actors who view it as illegal and a potential humanitarian catastrophe.
88 Articles
88 Articles
BBC World Service - Newshour, Israel's plan to move Gazans into a camp
Israel's defence minister says he has instructed its military to prepare a plan to move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the territory. Also on the programme, the first malaria treatment suitable for babies and very young children has been approved for use; and, tomorrow could be the shortest day in history because the Earth's rotation appears to be speeding up. (Photo: Smoke rises in Gaza after an explosion, as seen from the…
Israel’s Defence Minister Proposes Relocating Gaza’s Palestinians to Enclosed ‘Humanitarian City’
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has proposed relocating all Palestinians in Gaza to a closed “humanitarian city” in the southern part of the territory, according to Israeli media. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Katz outlined a proposal to build a camp in the southern Gaza Strip on the ruins of Rafah, The Times of Israel reported. He said the initial plan is to house about 600,000 Palestinians following security screenings, according to th…
Israel's defense minister calls the plan a "humanitarian city." But locking up over two million Gazans is anything but humanitarian, according to Middle East expert Alexander Atarodi.
The Israeli government does not plan this concentration camp in the Rafah area by chance. The geographic site occupied by the city today razed is located south of the strip, on the border with Egypt. Or said with a metaphor: on the edge of the precipice The Israeli Defense Minister has a plan to lock the Palestinians in a camp that they will raise over the ruins of Rafah. The Israeli daily Haaretz has revealed that they will call it “humanitaria…
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has outlined a plan to crowd hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone in the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 48% of the sources are Center
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
