THE Israeli minister of military affairs said yesterday that the occupying regime will forcibly expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip by every way possible as soon as US President Donald Trump gives the green light to the scheme.
Speaking at a conference hosted by Israeli news site Ynet and newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel Katz claimed that mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza remains the ‘only solution’.
‘In the end, there is no real solution for Gaza without this migration,’ Katz said, claiming that the Tel Aviv regime ‘is organised and prepared to get them (Palestinians) out – by sea, by air, by any means’.
He said that Trump’s approval was crucial to convince other countries to accept Palestinian refugees.
‘What’s delaying it (the plan) is that the accepting countries want US support,’ he added. ‘Every country that is willing wants American backing.’
Meanwhile, Katz said that the plot to force Palestinians off their land still remains under discussion and was merely ‘frozen’ by Trump due to pressure from Arab states.
‘The plan hasn’t been cancelled; it is being discussed all the time, even now, and I think there is no other solution for everyone’s good,’ he said.
Asked when he thinks the plan could be enacted, the Israeli minister said it would be ‘when it becomes clear that (Palestinian resistance group) Hamas is not fulfiling its commitment(s)’ under the US plan for Gaza.
‘Then we will get a green light to advance militarily, territorially, and in other areas as well,’ he went on to say.
US Senator Chris Van Hollen said he had earlier warned that Israel is planning to ethnically cleanse Gaza after visiting the blockaded territory’s border with Egypt.
Now, Katz ‘confirmed that’s the goal’, he said. ‘We must end our complicity.’
- Germany has approved the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons and military equipment to the Israeli regime.
Der Spiegel reported yesterday that Berlin approved $930 million of arms exports to the Israeli regime between January and June.
The report added that export licences approved by the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz surged to more than four times the total approved in all of 2025.
