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Israeli Plan To Move Gazans Into Closed Zone Triggers Backlash

GAZA STRIP, JUL 14 – Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz plans to relocate 600,000 Palestinians to a controlled camp in Rafah, a move critics call ethnic cleansing and a violation of international law.

  • Israel plans to forcibly relocate up to 600,000 Palestinians into a 'humanitarian city' in Rafah on Gaza's southern border, with U.S. backing.
  • This plan follows the ongoing conflict since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, causing widespread destruction and displacement in Gaza.
  • Many Palestinians have lost access to 85% of Gaza, including farms and homes in buffer zones like Khuzaa, which the Israeli military declared combat areas.
  • Legal experts and rights groups condemn the plan as forcible transfer, war crimes, or crimes against humanity, with no countries openly agreeing to resettle Palestinians.
  • The relocation threatens to erase Palestinian livelihoods and sovereignty and has drawn international opposition, including from Qatar, the UK, and the UAE.
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By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN The planned “humanitarian city” inside Gaza to house hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be a “concentration camp,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned. Defense Minister Israel Katz said last week that he had ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to move forward with plans for the zone, which would eventually house the entire population of Gaza. The area would be built on the ruins…

·Idaho Falls, United States
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Lean Left

Ehud Olmert strongly criticizes the Israeli strategy in Gaza. He warns against threatening ethnic cleansing.

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Lean Right

The proposed Israeli plan to establish a "humanitarian zone" in the ruins of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, is facing a wave of sharp criticism, both from within Israel and from the international community, amid warnings of its humanitarian, legal, and political consequences...

·Amman, Jordan
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On the ruins of Rafah, Israel wants to build a camp for 600,000 Palestinians. Ex-Premier Ehud Olmert speaks of a "concentration camp". The government's hardliners are more dangerous than any external enemy.

·Germany
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