Is the Hour of Mass Expulsion in Gaza Approaching?

Israel stands on the brink of executing the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since World War II. Since March 2, it has blocked all humanitarian aid, food, and electricity from entering Gaza, causing the last desalination plant to shut down and triggering a man-made humanitarian catastrophe.

Israeli forces have already seized over half the territory of Gaza, which stretches just 25 miles long and 4–5 miles wide, while ordering two-thirds of its population to flee. Even Rafah, the besieged southern city bordering Egypt, has been declared a “forbidden zone.”

On Friday, Israeli Defence Minister Yisrael Katz confirmed that Israel will “intensify” the war against Hamas using “all forms of military and civilian pressure,” including a plan to evacuate Gazans to the south and begin implementing Trump’s so-called “voluntary migration” plan for Palestinians.

Since Israel unilaterally ended the previous ceasefire on March 18—a ceasefire it had never honoured—its bombardment of civilians has resumed with force, killing over 1,400 Palestinians and injuring more than 3,600, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

According to the United Nations, around 100 children are being killed every day. Tensions with Egypt are also rising, pointing toward a planned mass expulsion of Palestinians into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

A Plan to Empty Gaza by Force

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich echoed Katz’s statements, declaring that the total blockade of Gaza would remain until Hamas is “defeated” and the remaining 59 Israeli captives are released.

“Not a single grain of wheat will enter Gaza,” Smotrich declared.

But no one in Israel or Gaza expects Hamas to surrender. Despite the devastation, the resistance endures—and so, Israel shifts focus from military victory to demographic erasure.

The question is no longer if Palestinians will be expelled—but when and where.

Reports have surfaced that the U.S. and Israel approached governments in Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland to accept forcibly displaced Palestinians. All three governments have officially denied these talks.

Catastrophic Consequences

Such mass ethnic cleansing would have explosive consequences, threatening the stability of Arab regimes allied to Washington and sparking widespread unrest across the Arab world.

• • Egypt and Jordan are on the brink of cutting diplomatic ties with Israel.

• • Israeli embassies in both Cairo and Amman are nearly abandoned following the October 7 operation by Hamas and allied Palestinian factions.

• • Egypt refused to accept the credentials of Orit Rothman, appointed as Israeli ambassador in September 2023, and has not sent a replacement for its own ambassador since withdrawing Khaled Azmi last year.

Violation of the Camp David Accords

Israeli officials accuse Egypt of violating the Camp David Accords by building up military presence in northern Sinai—an accusation Cairo has rejected as fabricated. Under the accords, Egypt is permitted to increase its military deployment in certain zones.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation of the Philadelphi Corridor—also known as Salah Al-Din Axis—is a clear violation of the treaty. This 9-mile stretch along the Gaza-Egypt border was supposed to remain demilitarised.

Egyptian military intelligence chief Major General Mohamed Rashad warned:

“Any Israeli movement near Gaza’s border is an act of aggression against Egypt’s national security. Egypt cannot stand idle.”

The “Voluntary Transfer” Deception

Calls for so-called “voluntary transfer” have been openly endorsed by Israeli officials:

• • MK Avigdor Lieberman said, “Relocating most of Gaza’s population to the Sinai is practical and effective.”

He cited Gaza’s population density and Sinai’s “vast unused land,” arguing that shared culture and language make the move “natural.” He also accused Egypt of profiting from the current situation through its role as mediator and from smuggling revenues at the Rafah border crossing.

On October 17, 2023, Israel’s Misgav Institute for National Security, comprising former military and intelligence figures, published a white paper urging the government to exploit this “rare opportunity” to evacuate Gaza’s entire population, suggesting Cairo as the resettlement site.

A leaked report from Israel’s Ministry of Intelligence went further—proposing that Palestinians be relocated to northern Sinai, and that barriers and buffer zones be built to prevent any return.

The Path Toward War

If Israel attempts to forcibly expel Palestinians, it risks a deadly confrontation with the Egyptian army, whose leadership has declared forced displacement a red line. Such a clash could drag the region into full-scale war.

Israel’s long-standing vision of a “Greater Israel” includes territory from Syria, southern Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and even Saudi Arabia. Its ambitions extend beyond land:

• • It seeks control of Gaza’s offshore gas fields

• • It has proposed a new canal to bypass the Suez Canal, connecting Eilat on the Red Sea with the Mediterranean—plans that require Gaza’s depopulation

The Coming Explosion

Across the Arab world—from Egypt to Jordan to the occupied West Bank—there is an impending eruption of righteous anger. If a mass expulsion begins, Arab governments will face massive public backlash, with real risks of:

• • Regime instability

• • Terrorist attacks against Western and Israeli interests

• • Uncontrollable regional escalation

Genocide in Gaza is not just a moral outrage. It is a geopolitical disaster in the making—one that even Israel’s allies will not escape unscathed.

Washington and Tel Aviv may believe they can erase a people and walk away—but the cost will echo for generations.

“As You Sow, So Shall You Reap”

This genocide is the greatest crime of this century. It will haunt Israel. It will haunt its backers. And it will bring to their own doorsteps the violence they unleashed on the Palestinian people.