Israel proposes plan to forcibly push Palestinians out of Gaza

Israel’s military proposed a plan for evacuating civilians from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Monday, after he said a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory’s southern city Rafah was necessary for “total victory”.
Foreign governments and aid organizations have repeatedly expressed fears that such an operation will inflict mass civilian casualties.

More than 1.4 million Palestinians – most of them displaced from elsewhere – have converged on the last Gazan city untouched by Israel’s ground troops.

It is also the entry point for desperately needed aid, brought in via neighboring Egypt.