Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz stated on Wednesday that his government has developed plans to remove the Palestinian population from the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a conference hosted by the Israeli news outlet Ynet and the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Katz argued that there is no viable long-term solution for the region without such a migration.

Katz asserted that Israel is fully organized and prepared to execute this removal through various logistical methods, including air and sea transport. However, he clarified that the implementation of these plans is currently on hold, pending the identification of destination countries by the United States. While the outlets provided report these comments consistently, they vary in their characterization of the minister's intent, with some framing the statements as an active plan for expulsion and others focusing on the logistical dependency on US approval.