# Israel still wants to remove Palestinians from Gaza, defence minister says

https://mins.news/en/item/42712

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-02 21:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/israel-still-wants-to-remove-palestinians-from-gaza-defence-minister-says?traffic_source=rss

> Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says removing Palestinians from Gaza remains the government’s “only solution,” arguing there is no real resolution without their migration. He said Donald Trump has frozen, rather than cancelled, the proposal, which rights advocates say amounts to ethnic cleansing.

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