Israel Drafts Plan to Give Gazans Passage Via Ports, Borders

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Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings as they return to northern Gaza, on Jan. 28.

Photographer: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg
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Israel has identified an airport and seaport as potential points for Palestinians to leave war-ravaged Gaza, according to a draft plan presented to Defense Minister Israel Katz on how to implement US President Donald Trump’s contentious proposal.

Preliminary ideas were put to Katz at a military briefing on Thursday, according to an Israeli official familiar with the discussions. He’d ordered the military to put together a road map for Trump’s proposal, despite little clarity over whether it can get the required support, or where Palestinians would be willing or able to move.