On Monday, January 1, 2024, an official Hebrew channel revealed what it said was a plan by the Israeli occupation army for the post-war period in Gaza, “which includes dividing the Strip into areas governed by tribes, which are responsible for distributing humanitarian aid.”

The Kan channel, affiliated with the official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, said on Monday evening that according to the plan drawn up by the Israeli occupation army and presented on Tuesday, in the mini-cabinet meeting, “the Gaza Strip will be divided into regions and sub-districts, where each clan will control a district, and it will be Responsible for distributing humanitarian aid.

It explained that these "tribes known to the Israeli occupation army and the General Security Service (Shin Bet) will administer civil life in Gaza for a temporary period (without specifying the duration)."

Netanyahu once again rejects the presence of the Authority in Gaza

The channel said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset (Parliament) Security and Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday that “there is no point in talking about the Palestinian Authority as part of the administration of Gaza, as long as it does not undergo a fundamental change process.”

Netanyahu added: “If they are serious about change, let them prove it first in Judea and Samaria (the biblical name for the West Bank).”

According to the same source, these statements came “after meetings between Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in the United States, with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, in which he spoke about a Palestinian body controlling the Gaza Strip, without going into details.”

The channel added: “Blinken, who will arrive in Israel this week, will ask the political level for clarification on this matter.”

It pointed out that "American fears are that the Israeli refusal to agree on a Palestinian entity that is supposed to manage the Gaza Strip the next day will lead to an actual Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip."

As of 19:30 (UTG), the Hamas movement, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, had not commented on what was reported by the Israeli channel.

On more than one occasion since the beginning of the war, Netanyahu has confirmed his refusal to return the Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip, stressing that Israel will handle the security file in the Strip, despite Washington’s support for the Palestinian Authority’s rule there.

Calls for the displacement of the people of Gaza

In a related context, the Israeli Ministers of National Security and Finance, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, announced earlier Monday their support for the “voluntary displacement of Palestinians” from the Gaza Strip.

Minister of National Security and leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, Itamar Ben Gvir, said in a tweet on the “X” platform: “We must strengthen the solution to encourage the migration of the people of Gaza, as this is the correct, just, moral and humane solution.”

He added: "We have partners around the world that we can help (accommodate immigrants)," without mentioning the names of these countries. Ben Gvir continued: “Encouraging the migration of Gazans will allow us to return the residents of the Gaza Strip envelope and the residents of the Gush Katif settlement to their homeland.”

Israel withdrew its forces and expelled its settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, including the "Gush Katif" settlement that existed in Gaza.

Israeli Army Radio quoted Smotrich as saying: “The correct solution for the Gaza Strip is to encourage voluntary migration to countries that agree to receive refugees.”

The leader of the far-right "Religious Zionism" party added: "Israel will be governed permanently, to ensure security through the permanent presence of army forces on the ground, and the establishment of Jewish settlements."

The United States of America announced its rejection of the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip or resettlement there. In recent weeks, Israeli calls have emerged to voluntarily displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

It is worth noting that since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a war on Gaza that, as of Monday, left “21,978 killed, 57,697 injured, massive infrastructure destruction, and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the Gaza Strip authorities and the United Nations.