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Analysts told Al Jazeera that the far-right government of Israel has approved a "plan" to carve and ethnically clean Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the plan and claimed that its goal was to demolish Hamas and retrieve the 24 or so living prisoners seized from Israel on October 7, 2023.

He asserted that “the powerful action of Gaza” was necessary, and he continued to emphasize: “People’s action is to protect it.”

Here's what you need to know:

What is this "plan"?

Israel will fire thousands of hungry Palestinians from northern Gaza and limit them to six camps.

It said food will be provided to Palestinians in these camps and that aid groups and private security contractors will be allowed to distribute food. Palestinians will be forced to move or starve to death.

According to the Washington Post, each camp will push about 5,000 to 6,000 families into each camp. Every family takes someone on a trek, from the weekly food packages that Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council calls the "concentration hub."

It is unclear how other populations (probably 1.5 million) will eat.

Israel said it will use facial recognition to determine people pick up food packages, denying help for "Hamas" - but Israel regards men in every battle era as Hamas surgical staff.

Private security companies from the United States will also guard the designated areas.

Experts and UN agencies are condemning the plan as unrealistic and inhumane.

What does this mean to the people of Gaza?

Israel's genocide war against Gaza continues and Palestinians will continue to suffer.

Since Israel began its war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, it has covered up mass expulsions in a claim of humanitarian “early warning”, in which families have only a few hours to pack their property and flee to Israel’s areas. In any case, Israel often bombs.

"If you look at the program through aid allocation, there is no point in it," Diana Buttu, a legal scholar and former adviser to the Palestine Liberation Organization, told Al Jazeera.

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A Palestinian man hugged the body of his five-year-old son Adam Namrouti, who killed Israel at a UN school in a UN shelter on May 7, 2025 at Al-aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza (Abdel Kareem Hana/ap)

“If you look at it through a political project, i.e. ethnic cleansing and domination by using food as a weapon of war, then this plan does make sense,” she said.

What did the people of Gaza say?

Two months later in Israel, they were scared and starved to death, blocking all aid and regular food shipments.

"Why are we allowed to return to the north again if there are plans to expand the war and reoccupate Gaza and repeat the displacement?" asked Noor Ayash, 31, of the year.

"What else Netanyahu wants? We are dying in all kinds of ways."

Mahmoud al-Nabahin, 77, who has been displaced for the past 18 months, said Netanyahu's threat is meaningless.

He lost everything; Israel killed his wife and daughter in a raid a few months ago, and their houses and farms disappeared.

He said: "(This) is only our annihilation. We have lost all hope. Let him do whatever he wants."

"We have no weapons. We are the civilians left in the wind. People will refuse to be displaced, but they will be forced by the army."

What does Israel want?

They want to complete the genocide under the guise of promoting food aid and rescuing Israeli prisoners, said Omar Rahman, an expert at the Middle East Global Affairs Council.

“Israel has been telegraphing its true intentions since the beginning of this movement: destroy Gaza and eliminate the population through hunger and mass killing,” he said.

Heidi Matthews, a legal scholar at York University in Canada, said Israel’s “plan” marked the intention of being hungry Palestinians.

"It's unthinkable that the population can get enough prices … and squeeze into southern Gaza at the same time," she said.

“This shows that the intention of genocide is to the Palestinian population that aims to cause its physical damage in whole or in part.”

Can Israel even manage it?

Not clear.

Israel plans to hire two U.S. private security companies, security-related solutions and UG solutions to provide security and potentially help with food distribution.

The first was led by former CIA intelligence officer Phil Riley. The second is run by Jameson Govoni, a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces.

International Crisis Group Israel-Palestine expert Mairav ​​Zonszein said that if abuse or atrocities occur, these companies may give Israel reasonable denial.

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A morgue worker placed the body of a child on the bodies of other victims killed in at least two separate Israeli army attacks before a funeral outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday, May 5, 2025 (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) (AP) (AP)

She added that despite many soldiers being tired from war and economic distress, Israel will also call up thousands of reserve personnel to maintain a physical career in Northern Gaza.

"The turnout among the reserves is certainly lower than when the war started. But that doesn't mean that there is actually a shortage of human power," Zonszein told Al Jazeera.

Furthermore, she noted that while Israeli society opposed opposing the war to expand Gaza without retrieving prisoners, Netanyahu was more concerned about fighting to get the far-right ministers to join his alliance.

If the coalition goes bankrupt, Netanyahu has the potential to lose power and routine trials on allegations of corruption.

Is the aid agency on board?

Not a United Nations agency.

A UN spokesman said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "shocked" by Israel's plans, which would "inevitably lead to more civilians being killed and further destruction of Gaza."

"Gaza was and must remain an integral part of the Palestinian state in the future," said spokesman Farhan Haq.

The United Nations also issued a statement saying that Israel's plans for Gaza will "violate humanitarian principles" and deepen suffering for civilians.

However, the UN may conclude that it must be out of concern that if not, more Palestinians in Gaza would starve to death and, if not, put the responsibility on the West (mainly Western countries that provide funding for UN agencies) to support the UN’s position by sanctioning Israel.