By Nayef Zidani

The Israeli occupation army began working on developing a plan aimed at establishing a new line of military sites near the Israeli settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip, specifically the so-called “Gaza envelope” area, which was the center of events in the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, which was carried out by the Hamas movement on October 7.

Israeli Channel 12 explained that the occupation army intends to establish this military line, primarily near the front settlements, that is, those closest to the Gaza Strip, in the cover areas, in order to constitute an immediate response, and to be always present in the event that resistance fighters from Gaza infiltrate the Israeli areas.

The military line will consist of forces that combine foot forces, tanks, and various armored vehicles.

The occupation army believes that the military sites that will extend along the aforementioned line, with the withdrawal of the plan, will form a very important line of defense in order to repel the resistance during the occurrence of events similar to what happened on October 7. This step also comes within the framework of drawing ongoing lessons in the Israeli state since the "Al-Aqsa Flood".

One of the goals of the military line intended to be established is to provide a feeling of security for the residents of those areas who have left and not returned for more than two and a half months and are still residing outside them.

This falls within the framework of Israeli attempts to enhance security in various regions and within the framework of the defensive plans that the Israeli occupation army is working on.

The channel did not indicate whether the aforementioned defensive line would be established on the lands of the cover settlements, or on lands that the occupation seizes from Gaza, similar to its intention to establish a buffer zone, which some Israeli estimates indicate will be at least one kilometer wide, within the territory of the Gaza Strip.

This step comes in addition to other "defensive" Israeli steps, including the Israeli occupation army surveying many areas of the Strip overlooking the cover settlements and leveling them to the ground, so that there is nothing that can be hidden from Israeli surveillance sites.

Settlement and sea view

In a context related to surveying the buildings, Israeli circles have previously indicated their desire for a view of the sea, which means, in other words, leveling all the Gazan buildings that stand between the sea and them to the ground and erasing them from existence, in addition to returning to settlement in the Gaza Strip.

This Israeli dream was expressed by the head of the “Nahla” settlement movement, Daniela Weiss, who spoke last week to the Israeli Channel 7. During the meeting, which discussed the “day after” the war on the Gaza Strip, she called for the displacement of the Palestinians and for settlement to be restored and planned in a way that gives the residents of the enclave a view of the sea.

In this context, she said: “I heard a number of people saying that they want to see the sea, meaning that there should be no homes (i.e. Palestinian in Gaza), and they are right in this desire. But how can the sea (i.e. the view of it) not be blocked? Israeli settlement is properly planned.” In the Gaza Strip. This is how the residents of the Gaza Strip will see the sea without (the vision and presence of) Arabs who hate Israel.”

She added: “My message to the residents of the envelope: You rally around us and we rally around you. The Gaza Strip and Gush Katif (the settlement bloc vacated by the occupation in 2005) form (together) one very large force. Any attempt to separate leads to distortion, and may lead to disasters.” .

Speaking about the Palestinian presence in the Gaza Strip, she added that what happened before October 7 will not happen after it, and that “Israel will not forget what happened,” and therefore “there will not be any Arabs in Gaza.”

Weiss said that seeing occupation soldiers inside the Gaza Strip taking pictures and scenes of themselves reciting Talmudic prayers in places where there were settlements, gives her a feeling that there is a desire among the Israeli public for Jewish settlement in Gaza.

She continued: “We see soldiers on the ground lighting candles in Neve Dekalim and Kfar Darom (names of former settlements). They realize that we have returned to our country. Gaza is part of the Land of Israel. There have been Jews there throughout history. There is nothing more logical than returning to settlement.” In Gush Katif.

Weiss believes that "the Prime Minister of the occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, has no choice but to allow the people of Israel to return to part of the Land of Israel. We must say that Gaza is an integral part of the living body of the State of Israel."

In her message to the residents of the “Gaza envelope” settlements, Weiss believes that there is no difference between the settlements that were in the Strip before the withdrawal and the envelope settlements, asking: “What is the difference? It is a distance of 3 kilometers. We are brothers. If it is possible to live in Be’eri (one of the settlements) The cover targeted by Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) so how could it not be possible to live in Netzarim (one of the Gaza settlements before the evacuation)?”