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Israel Orders Military to Prepare Rafah Camp for Gaza’s Entire Population

Human rights experts warn the plan amounts to forced population transfer in breach of international law

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Two girls react after an Israeli strike hit a tent housing displaced Palestinians, in Gaza City, on July 8, 2025.
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Overview

  • Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to ready a “humanitarian city” in Rafah to hold an initial 600,000 Palestinians and eventually Gaza’s two million residents with no exit allowed
  • The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has denied authoring the transit-camp proposal seen in recent U.S. planning documents
  • Rights groups and legal experts say the relocation scheme would breach international humanitarian law and risk constituting crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing
  • United Nations figures show that 85 percent of Gaza is already under evacuation orders or fully militarized by Israel, intensifying overcrowding and humanitarian shortages
  • U.S. planning documents linked to President Trump’s Gaza vision propose a $2 billion plan to build large-scale transit camps inside or outside the territory