Israel kills 3 in Gaza as far-right minister plans for Palestinian removals

As Israeli office-holders push a plan calling for the removal of Palestinians from the Strip, israeli attacks have killed at least three individuals and injured a number of others throughout Gaza.

Key points

• Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz admitted on Wednesday that Israel is still working to remove Palestinians from Gaza.
• Israeli attacks have already internally displaced the vast majority of Gaza's individuals since the start of the genocidal war in Gaza in October 2023.
• Separately, two Palestinians were killed and others were injured in the northern town of Beit Lahia when Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinians, Wafa documented.
• The ongoing Israeli attacks come despite a United States-brokered "ceasefire" that came into effect in October.
• Ben-Gvir remarked the plan is "realistic" and sought to "encourage the emigration of Gaza's inhabitants" as a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

For context, an Israeli drone strike on Thursday in the Rimal neighbourhood of western Gaza City killed one person and injured a number of others, medical sources informed Al Jazeera reporters on the ground.

In practice, the Palestinian Wafa news agency remarked the Israeli drone had fired at least two missiles at a group of civilians in the neighbourhood.

Nour Khaled, an Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza, remarked one of the two victims was a 13-year-old child and the other was an adult who was seriously injured in the attack and passed away after being transferred to a medical point.

In practice, the Israeli military meanwhile asserted that its forces had identified two "terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line" in northern Gaza. This person they then "eliminated in order to remove the threat they posed". The so-called Yellow Line is a buffer zone within Gaza established as part of the "ceasefire".

For context, the ongoing Israeli attacks come despite a United States-brokered "ceasefire" that came into effect in October.

Although major fighting halted in the strip after the agreement, deadly Israeli strikes have continued. Israeli plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza.

While Israeli attacks continue, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir made public on Thursday a plan for the removal of the roughly two million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip within seven years.

As well as secure agreements with countries to take in residents from Gaza, according to his office, Ben-Gvir's plan intends to establish a dedicated ministry.

For context, the initiative foresees the departure of 250, 000 individuals in the first year, some 1.1 million within three years and around 1.9 million within seven years, the far-right minister stated.

Forced displacement of civilians in occupied territory is considered a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

Israel's offensive has since asserted at least 73, 470 lives in Gaza since then, with more than killed 1, 330 since the ceasefire began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

For now, israel kills 3 in Gaza as far-right minister plans for Palestinian removals remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.