Israel Begins Preparing for Possible Palestinian Exodus

The defense minister ordered the army to make plans for departures by land, sea, or air.
Israel Begins Preparing for Possible Palestinian Exodus
Displaced Palestinian families take refuge in tents installed near their damaged homes in Jabalia during a truce in the war between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip on Feb. 6, 2025. Bashar Taleb/AFP
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Israel has begun preparing for a possible Palestinian exodus from the Gaza Strip, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States would take over and redevelop Gaza after safe and secure homes outside the war-ravaged territory are found for its occupants.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Feb. 6 that he had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare plans for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip.