Israeli defense minister orders IDF to plan for Gazans to leave in line with Trump's controversial proposal

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday helium welcomes President Donald Trump's connection for ample numbers of Palestinians to permission the Gaza Strip arsenic helium instructed the IDF to hole a program successful enactment with the arguable plan. 

Katz said Trump's "bold plan" could "create extended opportunities for those successful Gaza who privation to leave."

Trump’s plan initially stated that Gaza’s colonisation would beryllium "permanently" relocated portion the United States rebuilds the territory, but U.S. officials aboriginal walked backmost those comments, saying the relocation would lone beryllium temporary.

TRUMP'S PROPOSED US TAKEOVER OF GAZA STRIP ELICITS POSITIVE RESPONSE ACROSS ADMINISTRATION

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz looks on, amid the ongoing struggle successful Gaza betwixt Israel and Hamas, successful Jerusalem, November 7, 2024.  (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

"The U.S. volition instrumentality implicit the Gaza Strip, and we volition bash a occupation with it, too," Trump said Tuesday evening successful a associated property conference with Netanyahu. "We'll ain it and beryllium liable for dismantling each of the dangerous, unexplored bombs and different weapons connected the site."

"Level the tract and get escaped of the destroyed buildings, level it out, make an economical improvement that volition proviso unlimited numbers of jobs and lodging for the radical of the area," helium said. "Do a existent job. Do thing different. Just can't spell back. If you spell back, it's going to extremity up the aforesaid mode it has for 100 years."

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER LAUDS TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP WHEN ASKED IF BIDEN SHOULD TAKE CREDIT FOR CEASEFIRE

 Israelis protestors acceptable a occurrence arsenic they artifact a roadworthy successful Tel Aviv connected November 5, 2024, aft the dismissal of the defence minister, amid the ongoing warfare betwixt Israel and the militant Hamas group.  (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Katz said helium believes that the program should see aggregate exit options for immoderate state consenting to person them.

"The program volition see exit options via onshore crossings, arsenic good arsenic peculiar arrangements for departure by oversea and air. Countries specified arsenic Spain, Ireland, Norway, and others, which person falsely accused Israel implicit its actions successful Gaza, are legally obligated to let Gazans to participate their territory. Their hypocrisy volition beryllium exposed if they refuse," said Katz.

Displaced Palestinians instrumentality to their homes successful the bluish Gaza Strip connected Monday. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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As of now, the program has been rejected by the Palestinians arsenic good arsenic galore successful the planetary assemblage who judge it is forcible displacement and violates planetary law. Rights groups said it would magnitude to forcible displacement successful usurpation of planetary law.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.