Political sources in Tel Aviv revealed that representatives of the Israeli army and government leadership recently met with a number of local Palestinian figures in Gaza City, and discussed the possibility of forming local leaderships to replace the Hamas movement in managing civil affairs in general and distributing humanitarian aid in particular, and the importance of Searching for “the right people”.

The Israeli “Channel 12” said that the government has begun developing a model for local government in Gaza, as part of Israel’s preparation for the “day after” the war, and that the army has begun the process of cleaning up the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City with the aim of launching a model that allows the residents of the Strip to manage this neighborhood away from “ agitation".

Channel 12 added, “The Israeli challenge in this plan is to provide protection for the project so as to prevent (Hamas) from disrupting the process.” It explained that the army began “cleaning up” the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood by completely destroying and bulldozing the buildings, and paving the way for the establishment of a large neighborhood of tents. In this model, Israel also focuses on the need to fundamentally change the education curriculum in the Gaza Strip’s schools, especially with regard to content that incites hatred of Israel and Jews.

Reuters quoted an Israeli official as saying that the planned “humanitarian enclaves” will be launched in the areas from which Hamas was removed in the Gaza Strip, but their ultimate success will depend on Israel achieving the goal of destroying Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

For its part, Hamas said that the Israeli plan would also exclude any employee on the Palestinian Authority’s payroll, making the plan “an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza that is doomed to failure.”

On the ground, Israeli strikes and heavy bombardment on the city of Rafah flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in what residents described as one of the worst nights they had experienced so far. An Israeli strike demolished Al-Farouq Mosque in the center of Rafah, turning it into rubble and rubble, and the facades of nearby buildings were shattered. The authorities said that the Israeli army bombed four homes south of Rafah and three in the city center.