IDF defies Netanyahu’s plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza (The Times, 2025-07-08)
IDF defies Netanyahu’s plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza (The Times, 2025-07-08)
IDF defies Netanyahu’s plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza (The Times, 2025-07-08)
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The Israeli military has refused to carry out a plan to confine ... people in a new “humanitarian city” in Gaza, after senior officers objected and reservists said it would be a war crime.
The office of Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, ... said that the military’s duties did not involve forcibly moving civilians either within or out of the Gaza Strip...
... actively resisted ... a group of dissenting Israeli reservist soldiers, who argued in a petition to the country’s supreme court that forced population expulsions by troops could be a violation of international law.
“Relocating and concentrating an entire population is ... a war crime. Framing it in humanitarian language does not change the nature of this crime,” said Yotam Vilk, a reservist officer who served in Gaza and is part of Soldiers for the Hostages ...