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

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

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