Rafah to become 'surveillance camp' as Palestinians face forced displacement
A retired Israeli general says Israel has cleared land in southern Gaza to build a large displacement camp for Palestinians, equipped with surveillance and facial recognition technology at its entrance.
Retired reservist Brigadier-General Amir Avivi, an adviser to the Israeli military, told Reuters that the camp would be constructed in Rafah, with entry and exit monitored by Israeli personnel.
According to Avivi, the facility is intended for Palestinians who choose to leave Gaza and cross into neighboring Egypt.
“You need to build infrastructure in Rafah that can host them, and then they can choose if they want to go or not,” he said. He described the structure as “a big, organized camp” capable of hosting hundreds of thousands of people.
Israeli officials have previously indicated plans to transfer Gaza’s population by force.
In July, Israel’s minister of military affairs, Israel Katz, said he had ordered troops to prepare a camp in Rafah for Gaza’s residents.
The reports come amid claims that Israel intends to expel Palestinians from Gaza to Somaliland.
Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi said Somalia had “confirmed information that Israel has a plan to transfer Palestinians and to send them to [Somaliland],” calling the move “a serious violation” of international law.
Activists say the Israeli regime is advancing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity for his genocidal campaign in Gaza, has overseen attacks that have flattened entire neighborhoods and killed thousands of Palestinians.
Observers say the scale and intensity of the destruction point to a deliberate strategy to make Palestinian cities uninhabitable.
In September, far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich announced plans to annex more than 80 percent of the West Bank, framing the move as a “preventative step” to block international recognition of Palestinian statehood.
Israel occupied the West Bank, including western al-Quds (Jerusalem), in 1967 and later annexed East al-Quds, which Palestinians consider the capital of their future state.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Israel’s prolonged occupation of historic Palestine unlawful and called for the removal of all settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds.
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