(Wall Street Journal) Summer Said - Israel is proposing the creation of tent cities in Gaza as part of an evacuation plan to be funded by the U.S. and its Arab Gulf partners ahead of an impending invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, the last bastion of Hamas. Israeli officials say they must carry out a ground offensive in Rafah to eradicate Hamas. Israel presented a proposal to Egypt in recent days to establish 15 campsites of 25,000 tents each across southwestern Gaza, Egyptian officials said. Egypt would be in charge of setting up the camps and field hospitals. Benny Gantz, a senior Israeli minister in the war cabinet, said there was "no question" about a broad operation in Rafah and that Israel would do what is needed to allow for its freedom of action there, including evacuating the population and preparing the territory for a ground incursion.
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