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<h1 class="gmail-">Israel's 'Population Relocation Unit' to
oversee ethnic cleansing of one million Palestinians</h1>
<p class="gmail-">Israel is expelling the entire population of
Gaza City ahead of a major ground invasion to destroy the city</p>
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<p><span style="background-color:transparent">In the
coming days, the Israeli army is set to begin one of
the largest forced expulsion campaigns of its war on
Gaza, with the help of a special military unit
established for the task, the Population Relocation
Unit.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">In advance
of a major invasion of Gaza City, the army plans to
force approximately one million people residing
there to evacuate and move south beyond the Netzarim
Corridor.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">\u201cThe
complex evacuation operation is managed by Southern
Command's Population Relocation Unit, whose
existence is revealed here for the first time,\u201d <i>Israel
Hayom </i></span><a
href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/08/20/inside-the-idfs-plan-to-relocate-1-million-gazans/"
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style="background-color:transparent">reported</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> on 21 August.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">\u201cThe unit
is responsible for mapping the population, gathering
intelligence on it, and coordinating actions to
facilitate its movement \u2013 distributing leaflets,
sending text messages, and, ultimately, firing
artillery shells, which send the clearest message to
residents that they must evacuate,\u201d the Israeli
newspaper wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">\u201cIn the
current war, the unit was already prepared for
micro-level management of the operation,\u201d said Brig.
Gen. (res.) Erez Weiner of Israel's Southern
Command.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">\u201cThis
includes the process of notifications, who issues
them, when, and how, as well as monitoring and
verifying that there is a response on the other side
and that the population is actually moving,\u201d Weiner
said.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">The army
carried out similar mass expulsion campaigns in
towns in north Gaza, as well as in Khan Yunis and
Rafah in the southern part of the strip. Once
evacuated, the towns and cities were flattened by
Israeli bombs and bulldozers, making the return of
the population impossible.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Following
the first mass expulsion in north Gaza, \u201cImages of
Palestinian convoys trudging along the coast and
Salah al-Din Road with their belongings were
broadcast worldwide, earning headlines in
Palestinian media as a \u2018second Nakba,\u2019\u201d <i>Israel
Hayom</i> added.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">The
Population Management Unit is tasked with providing
limited food, water, and tents to Palestinians to
\u201cconvince\u201d them to move south.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">\u201cTo
convince them to move, you need to use not only a
stick but also a carrot,\u201d a former military source
speaking with <i>Israel Hayom</i> said.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">\u201cYou can't
start moving a population and then say, \u2018Oops, there
aren't enough tents,\u2019\u201d the same source said. \u201cThat's
why Israel is already preparing the infrastructure
for the evacuation.\u201d</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">After
destroying the UNRWA aid distribution system,
providing covert support to Palestinian gangs
looting UN trucks, and establishing the Gaza
Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Israel now controls
the flow of humanitarian aid reaching south Gaza.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">International
aid agencies </span><a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/aid-groups-warn-israel-blocking-all-shelter-supplies-for-gaza"
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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">said</span></a><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> on 20
August that they have not been able to deliver
shelter materials into Gaza, despite Israeli claims
last month that restrictions on such supplies had
been lifted.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">By
controlling not only how much aid is distributed and
when, but also where it is distributed, Israel can
control where Palestinians are displaced to, in
preparation for their final expulsion.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Gaza's
Health Ministry said on 18 August that 1,965 people
have been </span><a
href="https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-death-toll-surpasses-62000-hamas-accepts-truce-proposal"
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style="background-color:transparent">killed</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> while seeking
aid from aid convoys or killed close to aid
distribution sites.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">The
ministry reported that as of 19 August, at least 266
people have </span><a
href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/israel-starving-gaza-hundreds-of-deaths-including-many-children?utm_source=chatgpt.com"
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style="background-color:transparent">starved</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> to death in
Gaza, including 122 children.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Israel
developed plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza to pave
the way for building Jewish settlements. A </span><a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/leaked-israeli-plan-to-ethnically-cleanse-gaza"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="background-color:transparent">leaked
document</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> from Israel's
Ministry of Intelligence issued just days after the
war began in 2023 recommended the occupation of Gaza
and total transfer of its population to Egypt's
Sinai Peninsula.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">The
document identified a plan to transfer all residents
of the Gaza Strip to North Sinai as the preferred
option among three alternatives regarding the future
of the Palestinians from the enclave.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Though
Egypt rejected the proposal, Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu says he is committed to
implementing an expulsion plan announced by US
President Donald Trump at the start of the year,
claiming it was a \u201chumanitarian\u201d initiative to
\u201crelocate\u201d Palestinians to a safer place. </span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">Last
week, </span><a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-in-talks-to-expel-palestinians-to-south-sudan-report"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="background-color:transparent">several
sources</span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent"> cited by AP
said Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the
potential relocation of Palestinians from Gaza to
the East African country. </span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:transparent">According
to a </span><a
href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-is-quietly-in-talks-to-relocate-palestinians-from-gaza-90a7ab23"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="background-color:transparent"><i>Wall
Street Journal</i> </span></a><span
style="background-color:transparent">(WSJ) report,
Israel has identified six countries to negotiate
with regarding relocating Gaza residents, including
Syria, Libya, Somaliland, and South Sudan. The
report says the efforts are not going well, and that
previous talks on the matter \u201cdidn't make much
progress.\u201d</span></p>
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