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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant last night presented his plan for the management of Gaza after the victory over Hamas, the Guardian writes. According to the plan, Israel’s war in the enclave will continue until the return of the hostages taken on October 7 is secured, Hamas’s “military and governance capacity” is eliminated and all remaining military threats are removed, the paper said.
However, it does not indicate whether the population of the northern part of Gaza, which was almost entirely driven to the southern part of the enclave, will be allowed to return, commented the “Guardian”.
Netanyahu himself rarely talks about the future of Gaza, and last week there were reports that he had refused requests from security officials to draw up plans to control the territory after the end of the war with Hamas, the publication noted.
Meanwhile, controversial proposals by some Israeli officials to evacuate Gazans to camps in Egypt or other countries are at rift with Washington, Europe and the United Nations, and have been included in a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, which alleges that in A “genocide” has been committed in Gaza, writes the Washington Post.
Far-right members of the ruling coalition have suggested that the displaced Palestinians be sent to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the EU or Chile, the publication said. It noted that, according to critics of the proposal, such actions could amount to ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian enclave.
In private conversations, Israeli officials say these proposals stem from the political imperatives of Netanyahu’s coalition and his dependence on far-right parties to maintain power, the Washington Post commented.
The far-right leaders do not sit in Israel’s emergency wartime cabinet, which sets security policy, but their statements have won them support among religious settlers and activists who would like Israel to annex Gaza rather than hand it over to a “renewed” Palestinian Authority autonomous power, as suggested by US officials, the newspaper noted.
The border between Israel and Lebanon has become a landscape of abandoned towns and neglected farms after escalating tensions and exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters displaced more than 150,000 people in both countries, reports in. New York Times”.
Prospects for an end to cross-border hostilities look even dimmer after a senior Hamas official was killed in a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, fueling fears that the war could escalate, the paper said.
Israel’s defense minister warned yesterday that there is not much time left for diplomatic pressure led by the US, which is trying to ensure the withdrawal of Hezbollah from the border and prevent the opening of a new front in the war, writes the British “Telegraph”. .
However, Israeli military analysts are skeptical that a diplomatic solution can be reached, the publication said.
There were media reports that Gallant had pushed for strikes against Hezbollah as soon as Oct. 7, but was dissuaded by the U.S., which wanted more time to assemble a naval task force in the area to bolster Israel’s air defenses. states the Telegraph.
It is possible that the minister will now again start pushing for a new front in northern Israel – Israeli cities there have already been evacuated, the pace of fighting in Gaza is slowing, the US task force remains in place and there is still public support for the war in Israel. commented the British newspaper.
(BTA)
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