Smotrich: Gaza Will Be ‘Totally Destroyed,’ Population Will Be ‘Concentrated’
The Israeli minister said the entire Palestinian
population will be forced into a small area and pressured to leave as part of
an ethnic cleansing campaign
by Dave DeCamp May 6, 2025
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday that within a few months, the Gaza Strip will be
“totally destroyed” and the entire Palestinian population will be
“concentrated” into a tiny area in the southern part of the Palestinian
territory before being forced to leave as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign.
“Within a few months, we will be able to declare that
we have won. Gaza will be totally destroyed,” Smotrich said at a conference on
illegal settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to The
Times of Israel.
“In another six months, Hamas won’t exist as a
functioning entity… The population of Gaza will be concentrated from the Morag
Corridor southwards. The rest of the Strip will be empty,” Smotrich said.
The Morag Corridor refers to a strip of land between
the southern Gaza cities of Khan Younis and Rafah.
“The Gazan citizens will be concentrated in the south.
They will be totally despairing, understanding that there is no hope and
nothing to look for in Gaza, and will be looking for relocation to begin a new
life in other places,” Smotrich added.
The Israeli minister said that the Palestinian population will “leave in great numbers to third
countries.” Throughout Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Smotrich has been
an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of the territory.
Smotrich’s comments come after the Israeli
government approved military plans to
completely occupy Gaza.
According to Axios, the plan will involve flattening every single
building, forcing the civilian population into one small area, and pressuring
Palestinians to leave, though it’s unclear where they could go.
In his speech on Tuesday, Smotrich also vowed that the
current Israeli government would annex the West Bank. “It will happen this
term. It is one of our most important challenges. We are at a historic
opportunity,” he said.
Smotrich is a West Bank settler himself and holds
another ministerial position in the Defense Ministry that gives him the power
to expand settlements in the occupied territory.
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