Second group of settler activists says it entered Gaza, waved Israeli flag

A second group of settler activists from the Nachala settlement organization crosses into Gaza and plants a flag at a site they say is close to the former settlement of Morag in the southern part of the territory.

A photograph issued by Nachala shows several dozen men, women, young children and babies belonging to one of the group’s settlement cadres gathered around a large Israeli flag.

Earlier on Thursday, another group of Nachala activists crossed into Gaza and planted a flag that the organization said was at the site of the former Kfar Darom kibbutz and settlement in the central Gaza Strip.

The IDF said it removed those activists, and prevented others from entering the territory.

Nachala staged its Gaza entry and flag waving mission as part of its efforts advocating for the establishment of new Jewish settlements in Gaza, and its declared policy of supporting the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.

“It is precisely now that we must say in a clear voice what is obvious: Gaza belongs to the people of Israel,” said Nachala leader Daniella Weiss. “We must begin to settle in Gaza now.”