Egyptian and Western diplomatic sources in Cairo revealed details of the amendments to the “new diaspora plan for the residents of the Gaza Strip,” which the United States seeks to promote to countries in the Middle East, and to persuade them to participate actively in it, to ensure Arab cover for it, in order to disrupt the population bloc in the Strip, which has a population of about 2.3 million. 

An Egyptian source familiar with Cairo’s movements regarding the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, “The steadfastness of the resistance in the Gaza Strip contributed greatly to repeated amendments to Western and American plans related to dealing with the Gaza Strip and its future.”

He pointed out that "the initial perception that the occupation government presented to the American administration and some Western supporters before the start of the aggression included field estimates that were much lower than what appeared in the field of the strength of the resistance and the Hamas movement and their ability to confront, which caused widespread confusion in the American administration's plans."

Source: European and UN delegations are keen to go to North Sinai

The source added, "The occupation government presented a vision to the American administration at the beginning of the aggression that indicated the elimination of the bulk of the resistance capabilities within two weeks at the latest, during which a huge and unusual volume of fire would be used." He pointed out that this scenario "was aimed at obtaining American support regarding the pressures that would be generated by the volume of fire used."

The source revealed that “until now, European and international delegations are keen to go to Egypt’s North Sinai,” adding that “the plan to resettle or temporarily transfer a number of residents of the Strip to Sinai is still being pursued by some Western circles,” despite Egypt’s position rejecting the plan, “as a result of a reluctant position from influential agencies and institutions in the country.”

The source explained, "It has been noted that some European delegations present in North Sinai are currently collecting detailed information about the situation in the region, in terms of population, size of uninhabited areas, and the characteristics of the region in general."

He stated that "Egypt has intensified, in recent days, the presence of border guard forces along the border strip with the Gaza Strip," revealing that "the number of monitoring and stationing points on the strip, which is 14 kilometers long, has increased by about ten new points."

In this context, a Western diplomat in Cairo said, in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that “there is progress in one of the visions proposed regarding the population of the Gaza Strip,” adding that “the American administration is working on a vision that will ultimately lead to absorbing one million and one hundred thousand residents of the Strip.” In a number of Arab countries, among their citizens and foreigners working there, and not in the form of camps or designating specific areas for them.”

The Western diplomat explained that "a number of countries in the region, and outside it, have expressed their willingness to discuss approval of the plan and determine the numbers that can be accommodated on their lands," explaining that "some countries can accommodate 250,000 Gazans in their country."

Displacing the people of Gaza is a strategic goal

For his part, the head of the political department of the Hamas movement in Gaza, Bassem Naim, in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, expressed his belief that “this matter is a strategic goal that was placed on the enemy’s table and the table of its supporters, even though the enthusiasm of Europeans and Westerners for it has declined.” ".

He explained that the reason was because they "collided with the legendary adherence of our people to their land and homeland, fierce resistance, and a cohesive Arab and Islamic position rejecting the idea of displacement and repeating the scene of the Nakba."

He added, "Everyone has become convinced that the matter is not related to the seventh of last October, nor to the Hamas movement, but rather to a political issue that began 75 years ago." He pointed out, "If this matter is not resolved within the framework of an integrated political vision, the problem will not be resolved, and displacing people or changing the features of the Gaza Strip, whether geographical or demographic, will not lead to security and stability."

Naeem: The occupation tried more than once to change its plans of action in Gaza

Naim pointed out that “the enemy tried more than once to rearrange its forces and change its plans of action, sometimes by ground attack, and sometimes by brutal, bloody bombing of population centers without any justification, whether for asylum schools, civilian residential neighborhoods, or others,” in addition to “depriving People receive services that help them stay in the cities, such as destroying hospitals, bombing water wells, destroying bakeries, and a brutal siege for more than 45 days that deprives people of water, medicine, fuel, and communications.”

He considered that all of this comes “within the framework of using the utmost resources in his hands to achieve this goal,” pointing out that “until this moment, he has failed to achieve it, and the evidence for that is the latest statistics that we heard, which indicate that more than 80 percent of the population is still In the northern Gaza Strip, in their areas, they refuse to leave despite all the bombing and destruction.”

A deliberate Israeli intention to displace the Palestinians

In turn, Mohamed Mahmoud Mahran, professor of public international law and expert on international conflicts, said in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that “the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip fall within attempts to implement plans for mass forced displacement against the Palestinians.” He said, "The massive destruction caused by the continuous Israeli bombing, the bombing of civilian facilities and hospitals, and the displacement of thousands of families as a result of terror and panic, confirm the presence of a deliberate Israeli intention to force the people of Gaza to leave their lands en masse."

Given the massive scale of devastation destruction caused by the bombing, and the displacement of thousands of families, Mahran asserted that “we are facing a new Israeli attempt to implement mass forced displacement plans against the people of Gaza, by terrorizing them, threatening their lives, and completely destroying their homes and property.”

He recalled "previous Israeli displacement plans from the Nakba of 1948 until today, whose goal was to expel the largest possible number of Palestinians from their homeland and empty Palestine of its indigenous population to facilitate control over it."

Mahran pointed out that "although Israel has not officially announced any displacement plans at the present time, its brutal actions and practices on the ground confirm the existence of a premeditated intention to push the Palestinians to leave Gaza en masse in any way, whether through killing and destruction or creating an atmosphere of extreme terror and panic." ".

He pointed out that these practices "flagrantly violate international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Article 49 of which categorically prohibits the displacement or forcible transfer of protected populations outside the occupied territories."

He believed that "Israel's scorched earth policy in Gaza, and the deliberate indiscriminate bombing of homes, hospitals and civilian infrastructure, amount to war crimes in accordance with Article 147 of the Convention and Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court."

Israeli control of what enters Gaza

On the other hand, another Egyptian source revealed that “the process of bringing aid from Egypt to the Gaza Strip is now taking place completely according to Israeli conditions.” He said, "A UN technical delegation resides in the city of Al-Arish (border) to supervise the receipt of aid, unload the aircraft, and review their cargo."

He explained the path of the aid being loaded “on trucks until it reaches the Kerem Shalom crossing (between Egypt, Gaza and Israel) or Al-Awja (between Egypt and Israel), so that another international team can receive it, review it again and inspect it thoroughly.”

The same source pointed out that these measures were “Israeli conditions for agreeing to pass a small amount of humanitarian aid.” He said, "This is the first time, during the confrontations of conflict and aggression by Israel against the Gaza Strip, that an international team is supervising the entry of aid from Egypt," explaining that in the past, "the Egyptian Red Crescent used to receive aid shipments, divide them, distribute them, and review them until they enter the Palestinian territory."

It is likely that the Israeli condition for the presence of a supervising UN team on the Egyptian side “may have come in light of indications from some official parties that Egypt is turning a blind eye to the weapons entering the Gaza Strip, as the Egyptian border with Gaza is the main route to it.”

Source: Alaraby Al-Jadeed