He called on "Arab and Islamic countries to take serious and unified action to confront these plans and adopt effective positions and measures to thwart them". A Palestinian boy rides his bicycle past Israeli army vehicles during a military operation at the Askar camp for Palestinian refugees, east of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on September 4, 2026. JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFPHamas called on Arab and Muslim countries on Friday to oppose a proposal from two Israeli ministers to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and send them abroad."Escalating statements by ministers in the Israeli government regarding the continued adoption of plans to displace the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip represent an extremely dangerous development," Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a statement.He called on "Arab and Islamic countries to take serious and unified action to confront these plans and adopt effective positions and measures to thwart them".Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir laid out a plan on Thursday that aims to see the departure of 250,000 Palestinians from Gaza in the first year, followed by the rest of the roughly two million residents over the following six years.His remarks came a day after Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel was ready to remove Palestinians from Gaza by sea and land but was waiting for the United States, which h...
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