Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz reiterated the plan to forcibly transfer Palestinians out of Gaza. Noting that 70 per cent of Gaza has been emptied of Palestinians, Katz said that Israel was merely waiting for US approval. “The IDF is prepared, once given the directive to eliminate Hamas, to finish the job so that we can also implement the migration plan,” Katz declared.

Speaking during a visit in the Occupied West Bank and contradicting Katz, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said, “I can tell you categorically there is no plan of the Israelis to displace people out of Gaza against their will.”

Plans for the Palestinian people’s forced transfer from Gaza had been exposed since the early days of the genocide in 2023.

Israel has recently rebranded forced transfer as voluntary migration, in a bid to entice countries to participate in international law violations. Huckabee’s comment, therefore, does not indicate that forced transfer will not happen.

Israel has recently rebranded forced transfer as voluntary migration, in a bid to entice countries to participate in........

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