Israel begins preparations for Gaza exodus as Egypt lobbies against Trump plan

Cairo (APP) – Israel said Thursday that it has launched a large number of Palestinian departure preparations. From the Gaza Strip According to President Donald Trump’s plan. Meanwhile, officials said that Egypt has launched a diplomatic bullets behind the screen to try to remove the project.

The Trump administration already exists Dial back to the side of the proposal It was Largely rejected internationallySaying that transferring Palestinians would be temporary. US officials provided some details about how or when the project would be performed.

Palestinians strongly reject Trump’s proposal for fear of Israel Will never let migrants be returned And that it will destabilize the region. Egypt has warned that such a plan could damage a peace deal with Israel, which has been the basis for decades of stability and US influence in the Middle East.

Another key US ally, Saudi Arabia, has also rejected any massive transfer of Palestinians, saying it will not normalize relations with Israel – an important purpose of the Trump administration – without the formation of a Palestinian state Which includes Gaza.

Palestinian Say they don’t want to leave. Human Rights Watch and other groups based in New York say Trump’s proposal, if implemented, would be equivalent to forcibly transferring the urban population of ethnic groups from the geographical area.

Israeli leaders have welcomed Trump’s proposal and posted a massive departure from the Palestinian war from a devastating area.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had ordered the military to facilitate the migration of Palestinians from Gaza through ground crossing, as well as preparations through “special arrangements for the sea and the air and the air.” Prepare

There were no immediate signs of such preparations on the earth.

Egypt campaigned behind curtains

Egyptian President Abdul Fateh Al -Sisi has not publicly responded to Trump’s surprising proposal that most of Gaza’s population has transferred the population of 2.3 million Palestinians and the United States has taken charge of the construction of the area. Israel had a 15 -month campaign against the Hamas group Reduced large parts of Gaza in debris Before a critical ceasefire was captured last month.

But Egyptian officials spoke on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss closed doors, saying that Cairo had made it clear to the Trump administration and Israel that they made any such proposal. Will resist, and a peace deal with Israel-stands closely. Half a century – is the danger.

The message was conveyed to members of the Pentagon, the State Department and the US Congress, an official said. Another official said it had also been transported to Israel and its Western European allies, including Britain, France and Germany.

A Western diplomat in Cairo is also speaking in anonymity because debates have not been made public, it has been confirmed to be confirmed by several channels from Egypt. The diplomat said Egypt was very serious and sees the project as a threat to its national security.

The diplomat said that Egypt rejected similar proposals from the Biden administration and European countries at the beginning of the war, which was given to Hamas on October 7, 2023 by Hamas. Earlier proposals were privately prepared, while Trump announced his plan at the White House Press Conference along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

US officials leave behind Trump’s proposal

Trump said he wanted to resettle most of Gaza’s population “permanently” for other countries and the United States to clean up the debris and take charge of rebuilding Gaza as “Middle Eastern Rowera” Co It did not reject the deployment of US troops there.

US official Later he appeared to go back toSaying that transferring Palestinians would be temporary, and Trump did not pledge to put American shoes on the ground or spend US tax dollars in Gaza.

Egyptian officials said their government is not convinced that the Palestinians need to be transferred to rebuild, and that they are committed to establishing a Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Israel in the Central War of 1967. Israel was seized.

The Israeli government is opposed to the Palestinian state and has said it will maintain open general security control over both Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Israel linked East Jerusalem to the move, which is not recognized by the international community and considers the whole city its capital.

Last week, Egypt hosted a meeting of top diplomats from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Five Arab countries rejected the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank.

In an editorial on Thursday, Egypt’s main state daily, al -Imam, warned that “the liberation of Arab countries, the unity of their people and their territorial integrity are in serious danger.”

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The Associated Press author Natalie Melzar participated in the report in the Israeli city of Nehru.

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