The “main problem” preventing Gazans from leaving the Strip is with the countries where they would emigrate to, not Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Sunday.
“We are destroying more and more homes, and Gazans have nowhere to return to. The only inevitable outcome will be the wish of Gazans to emigrate outside of the Gaza Strip,” he added.
This also marked the first time that Netanyahu referred to plans for distributing humanitarian aid at the committee, as he stated that receipt of aid would be conditional on Gazans who receive aid not returning to the areas from which they came.
This, according to Netanyahu, is due to Gazans from these areas mixing with Hamas terrorists.
However, this contradicts what has been said so far in the committee by representatives of the IDF, the National Security Council, and the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories.
According to the more widely known plan for distributing aid, family representatives will arrive at the aid distribution points to then be able to gather aid and deliver it to their families.
Netanyahu also referred to the post-war period and clarified that the US is interested in the territory of the Gaza Strip.
