Israeli Government Openly Aims to Depopulate Gaza

Israeli government openly aims to depopulate Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition is using hunger as a weapon to pressure Palestinians to abandon their land. Its objective is to concentrate them in a so-called 'humanitarian city' in the south of the enclave, as a precursor to their possible transfer to foreign countries.

The ‘humanitarian city’ in southern Gaza

Israel’s controversial plan for a “humanitarian city” in Gaza is a laundered name for a “Transit Gateway to Eviction”. The vast tent encampment would be built on the ruins of Rafah, south of the Morag Corridor in the southern part of the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt, and will cost the Israeli taxpayer between US $2.7 billion (A $4.1 billion) and US $4 billion (A $6 billion). It would be managed by undisclosed international organisations and secure…

Egypt's UN Envoy Rejects Proposal to Relocate Palestinians to "Humanitarian City" in Southern Gaza

Egypt’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek, voiced Egypt’s firm rejection of a proposal to relocate Palestinians to what is being called a “humanitarian city” in southern Gaza, describing it as unacceptable