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US rejects Israeli suggestions of removing Palestinians from Gaza

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Harb, A. (2026, September 4). US rejects Israeli suggestions of removing Palestinians from Gaza. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/4/us-rejects-israeli-suggestions-of-removing-palestinians-from-gaza?traffic_source=rss

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The US State Department has publicly disagreed with Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz's suggestion to remove Palestinians from Gaza, calling it "forced displacement" or "ethnic cleansing". The US reiterates its commitment to President Trump's 20-point "peace plan", which allows those who wish to leave Gaza to do so freely. According to the plan, no one will be forced to leave Gaza and those who stay will be offered opportunities to build a better life. This rejection comes despite Katz stating that removing Palestinians from Gaza is still being discussed by Israeli officials.

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Story summary

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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Ali Harb

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Topics

Gaza Israel Israeli Palestinians the United States

Subjects

Gaza GPE · 12× Israeli NORP · 5× Palestinians NORP · 4× Israel GPE · 3× Katz PERSON · 3× 3Israel GPE · 2× Al Jazeera ORG · 2× Palestinian NORP · 2× Trump PERSON · 2× the United States GPE · 2×

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framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-04

🔮 As explicitly stated in Point 12 of the President’s plan: ‘No one will be forced to leave Gaza and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return.

2026-09-04 · Al Jazeera

US rejects Israeli suggestions of removing Palestinians from Gaza · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 0 hedged)

In a rare public display of disagreement with Israel, the United States has rejected calls by top Israeli officials that the Palestinian population should be removed from Gaza. asserted

population → reject → Gaza

Asked about Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s call for de-populating Gaza as the only “solution” to the crisis, the US State Department reiterated Washington’s commitment to President Donald Trump’s 20-point “peace plan” that established the “ceasefire” last year. asserted

that → ask → ceasefire

minister → want → removals

As explicitly stated in Point 12 of the President’s plan: ‘No one will be forced to leave Gaza and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return. asserted

who → state → Gaza

We will encourage people to stay and offer them the opportunity to build a better Gaza,'” a State Department spokesperson told Al Jazeera in a statement on Friday. asserted

spokesperson → encourage → Friday

“The United States does not support any plan or proposal for the forced displacement, expulsion, or mandatory transfer of the population of Gaza,” the spokesperson said. asserted

spokesperson → support → Gaza

Katz had said that Trump had only “frozen” – not cancelled – his support for removing Palestinians from the territory – a proposal that rights advocates say would amount to ethnic cleansing. asserted

advocates → say → cleansing

“In the end, there is no real solution for Gaza without this migration,” Katz said on Wednesday. asserted

Katz → be → Wednesday

Israeli officials have been using “migration” as a euphemism for de-populating Gaza. asserted

officials → use → Gaza

Katz said the Israeli government is ready to get Palestinians out of Gaza “by sea, by air and by any means to do it” and the idea is still “being discussed all the time”. asserted

idea → say → it

Arab states, including some close allies of the US, have forcefully rejected any effort to remove Palestinians from their land. asserted

states → include → land

The White House referred Al Jazeera to a social media post by Trump in August celebrating an agreement to disarm Hamas. asserted

House → refer → Hamas

The deal would include gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and an end to the almost daily deadly attacks on the territory. But Israel rejected the proposal, saying that it would not make any concessions until Gaza is fully demilitarised. asserted

Gaza → include → concessions