Israel still wants to remove Palestinians from Gaza, defence minister says

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: September 2, 2026Country: Israel

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Israel still wants to remove Palestinians from Gaza, defence minister says

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz admitted that Israel is still working to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, calling this depopulation the only solution. Palestinian rights advocates argue that the ultimate goal of this war is to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian territory. While some far-right Israeli officials have called for this depopulation, a ceasefire agreement backed by Trump asserted that no one would be forced to leave Gaza.

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