(Adnkronos) – Approved in the early hours of today by the Israeli security cabinet, after a meeting that lasted more than ten hours, a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take military control of Gaza City and proceed with the disarmament of Hamas with the release of the hostages, about 50 still in the Strip. According to a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, what was approved – “by a majority” – provides for the guarantee of “humanitarian assistance for the civilian population outside the combat zones” and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip with “Israel’s security control” in the Palestinian enclave in exchange for the end of the war, which has been going on for 22 months, since the attack of October 7, 2023 in Israel.
The plan also provides for the territory to be governed by “an alternative civil administration, neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority”. According to N12 TV, which quotes a high-ranking official, the operation authorized in the last few hours would only concern Gaza City. And according to reports, the inhabitants of the area will be forced to move to camps for displaced people in central Gaza by the beginning of October.
