Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a high-level meeting on the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, the office of one of the attendees tells The Times of Israel. Senior defense officials and cabinet ministers are attending.
The forum is discussing a plan to allow Gazans to leave as early as October, reports Channel 13.
The Prime Minister’s Office does not respond to a request for comment.
According to the Channel 13 report, the defense establishment has presented a plan under which Gazans could begin leaving the war-torn Strip beginning next month by air and by sea.
Defense sources tell the outlet that Israel is in talks with a number of African countries about receiving Gazans, but no agreement has been reached.
Critics of the policy accuse of Israel of trying to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza, given that many of those pushing the policy in the middle of a devastating war haven’t pledged to allow those who leave to return, as they push for the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the enclave.
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