7 July 2024
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Israel wishes to replace Hamas’ governance in Gaza by placing Palestinians in ‘cages within a cage’
Negev Israel 2024.
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Israel is preparing to create experimental “humanitarian enclaves” or “bubbles” as part of a plan to replace Hamas governance of Gaza following the current war, the Financial Times (FT) reported on 1 July.
Israel plans to launch a pilot for the scheme in the northern Gaza neighborhoods of Atatra, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia.
Under the scheme, the Israeli military would allow aid to enter from the nearby Western Erez crossing to vetted local Palestinians, who would distribute the aid. The vetted Palestinians would then gradually take over civilian governance of the “bubble” while Israeli forces maintain military control.
If successful, Israel would then expand the enclaves southward to other parts of Gaza.
Israel believes it can use the bubbles to replace Hamas, which has governed the strip while under Israeli siege since 2007.
One person familiar with Israeli thinking said the plan was also a way to add pressure in negotiations for a ceasefire and captive swap.
The FT added that the proposal has been “met with incredulity by many people briefed on the plans,” given the continued strength of Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, which continue to battle Israeli forces occupying the strip.
Another person with knowledge of the plan called it a “fantasy” project.
“We already tried this in three different parts of central and north Gaza, including with local clans. They were all either beaten up or killed by Hamas,” said one former senior Israeli official familiar with postwar planning.
Hamas said in a statement last week that it would not allow any actor to “interfere” with the future of the Gaza Strip and that it would “sever any hand of the [Israeli] occupation trying to tamper with the destiny and future of our people.”
A second person with knowledge of postwar Gaza plans said Israel has been unable to find Palestinians willing to cooperate with the occupying force to govern Gaza since November.
“This [plan] is just the latest iteration. The idea in Israeli minds is that someone – the Arab states, the international community – will pay for it, and locals in Gaza will run it. But no one is biting,” the source added.
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The Wall Street Journal noted such plans reveal “hard realities about the aftermath that rarely get voiced. Among them, that Palestinian civilians could be confined indefinitely to smaller areas of the Gaza Strip while fighting continues outside.” The paper added that “Israel’s army could be forced to remain deeply involved in the enclave for years until Hamas is marginalized.”
Chris Doyle of the Council for Arab British Understanding stated that “Israel wants to put Palestinians in Gaza in ‘Hamas-free’ bubbles … cages within a cage.”
