Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

July 7, 2025

Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’

Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza

Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Mon 7 Jul 2025 15.57 EDT

Israel’s defence minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme that legal experts and academics described as a blueprint for crimes against humanity.

Palestinians will have to pass ‘security screening’ into the camp and then will not be allowed to leave, the defence minister told Israeli journalists. Photograph: Reuters