JERUSALEM, Israel – An Israeli Security Cabinet discussion over what will happen the day after the war in Gaza had to be postponed after an argument broke out, as fighting continued in the Gaza Strip on day 91 of the conflict.
Israel is trying to come up with a plan for governing the volatile area after the war ends. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the first senior official to go public with a blueprint, presented a four-part plan. It includes:
Ongoing Israeli military control of the overall security situation A multinational task force, led by the U.S., partnering with European and moderate Arab nations to oversee civil affairs and the economic rehabilitation of Gaza Egypt to take responsibility for main civilian border crossing in Gaza Existing Palestinian administration mechanisms would remain
The Gallant plan does not include UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which Israel says has worked in lockstep with Hamas; nor does it include a return of Israeli communities to the Gaza Strip.
Some say it touched a raw nerve in more conservative members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, who opposed the forced removal of some 9,000 Israelis from their communities in the Gaza Strip 18 years
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