Netanyahu partners renew calls for removal of Palestinians from Gaza as Israeli election nears

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Two Israeli ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Israel Katz, have floated proposals for the mass removal of Palestinians from Gaza through "voluntary emigration" as Israel prepares for an election on October 27. Ben-Gvir proposed a seven-year plan to remove Gaza's population, suggesting Turkey, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo as potential destinations. The idea has been met with resistance from Palestinians, who fear a new "Nakba", or disaster, and from Arab states, which have rejected similar proposals in the past. The Israeli government has denied intentions to forcibly transfer Gaza's population, despite previous US-led efforts to end the conflict there having stalled.
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A series of news articles have reported on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes and rubble-clearing operations are erasing evidence of war crimes. In 2023, Israel launched a genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, which has resulted in at least 73,651 Palestinian deaths and 174,592 injuries since October 2023.

In recent weeks, mass recovery operations have retrieved over 100 bodies from the Abu Shariah and Hassaniya families killed in a single strike, and more than 500 from the al-Taj Tower site. The victims' remains were carried by family members to be buried in known cemeteries, a process that has been delayed due to a shortage of heavy machinery.

The Israeli government's actions have been criticized by Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, who warned that large-scale rubble removal in Gaza under Israeli control risks erasing traces of atrocity crimes and preventing the recovery and identification of human remains. The Italian-born independent expert has faced harsh criticism from Israel and its allies over her long-standing accusations that Israel is committing genocide and other war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.

Meanwhile, former IDF reserve colonel Nochi Mendel has made inflammatory comments about the killings of aid workers, including Zomi Frankcom and six colleagues who were killed in 2024 while bringing food to Gaza. The Greens have criticized the Albanese government for its failure to halt military exports and impose new sanctions on Israel.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of Israel's far-right Jewish Power party, has also made headlines with his recent comments, including a video showing Palestinian prisoners being loaded onto a conveyor belt and taken to detention camps. The caption "we promised – we delivered!" suggests that Ben-Gvir is proud of worsening conditions for Palestinian prisoners.

The crisis in Gaza continues to be met with silence from the international community.

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Calls for resettlement of Gazans have prompted fears among Palestinians of a new “Nakba”, the name given to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled or were driven from their homes in the wake of the 1948 war that accompanied the founding of the state of Israel.
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🔮 He said he would seek the creation of a “ministry in charge of emigration” in the next government.
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Claims (31 extracted, 5 hedged)

Two Israeli ministers floated proposals this week for the mass removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, resurfacing an idea voiced repeatedly by right-wing politicians over the past three years as they seek to rally supporters ahead of an election. asserted
they → float → election
The calls by two of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political allies have revived Palestinian fears that Israel ultimately aims to forcibly expel them from Gaza despite US-led diplomatic efforts to end the conflict there. asserted
Israel → revive → conflict
Far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir laid out a seven-year plan for removing Gaza’s population through “voluntary emigration” during a press conference on Thursday night. asserted
Gvir → lay → night
He said he would seek the creation of a “ministry in charge of emigration” in the next government. asserted
he → say → government
Ben-Gvir’s Jewish Power party said in a statement on Thursday that Turkey, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo were being considered as potential destinations. asserted
Turkey → say → destinations
Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of Gaza’s government media office, said, “The Palestinian people are deeply rooted in their land and will not be intimidated by such threats.” asserted
people → say → threats
Israel is due to hold a general election on October 27. asserted
Israel → hold → October
It will be the first since an Israeli military campaign starting October 7, 2023 laid waste to Gaza, which has a population of more than two million. asserted
which → start → million
An October 2025, US-backed, ceasefire halted large-scale fighting, but it has not ended Israeli strikes or produced progress on a plan for permanent peace. asserted
it → back → peace
Fears of a new ‘Nakba’ Ben-Gvir’s comments followed those of Defence Minister Israel Katz, from Netanyahu’s Likud party, who said on Wednesday there was “no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration”. asserted
who → follow → migration
“We are fully prepared to move them out if it becomes possible by sea, by air, by every way possible. asserted
it → prepare → way
Egypt is not willing, so it won’t be through them,” he said during an online conference hosted by Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. asserted
he → say → newspaper
Netanyahu’s office did not immediately provide comment. asserted
office → provide → comment
Polls suggest Netanyahu, who has led the most right-wing coalition in Israeli history, could lose power next month, his security credentials still shaken by the 2023 attack though analysts say he can’t be written off. uncertain
he → suggest → attack
Israel’s defence ministry in 2025 established an office tasked with overseeing voluntary emigration from Gaza, after comments by US President Donald Trump suggesting Gazans could be permanently displaced. uncertain
Gazans → establish → Trump
Trump later backed away from the idea, which faced strong resistance from Arab states and was widely rejected internationally. asserted
which → back → states
Israel reportedly sounded out several African countries as potential resettlement sites. uncertain
Israel → sound → sites
Netanyahu has said he supports what his government has described as “voluntary emigration” from Gaza, but that far-right ministers goals of re-establishing Jewish settlements in the territory are unrealistic. asserted
goals → say → territory
Israeli officials have denied intending to transfer Gaza’s population out by force. asserted
officials → deny → force
Calls for resettlement of Gazans have prompted fears among Palestinians of a new “Nakba”, the name given to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled or were driven from their homes in the wake of the 1948 war that accompanied the founding of the state of Israel. asserted
that → prompt → Israel
The Gaza Strip is central to Palestinian hopes of statehood in territory captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. asserted
Strip → capture → war
Genocide in Gaza Israel has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians since October 2023, according to Gaza health authorities. uncertain
Israel → kill → authorities
A UN inquiry determined that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, arguing that its killings, siege and destruction were carried out with the intent to destroy Palestinian life in the enclave. asserted
killings → determine → enclave
Israel, which is fighting a genocide case at the International Court of Justice, rejects genocide allegations as politically motivated and claims that its military campaign targets Hamas, not Gaza’s civilian population. uncertain
campaign → fight → Hamas
This week, Ben-Gvir posted an AI-generated video depicting dozens of Palestinian prisoners on a conveyor belt, entering a prison facility. asserted
Gvir → post → facility
They emerge from the other side emaciated, distressed and in tears. asserted
They → emerge → tears
Ben-Gvir later deleted the video, after it had amassed millions of views on X. His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. asserted
office → delete → comment
In a crowded Gaza City displacement camp, some Palestinians said that they believed the latest Israeli calls were an election ploy. asserted
calls → say → camp
They also said Gaza was their land and they would never leave it. asserted
they → say → it
“We will die on the land of Gaza,” said one resident, 52-year-old Mohammed Abu Al-Qumbuz. asserted
resident → die → Gaza
“We were born on it, our children grew up on it, so it is very difficult to think of leaving.” asserted
it → bear → it
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