Opposition critics have denounced the proposal, with some likening the suggested site to a "concentration camp," which could lead to ethnic cleansing in the coastal enclave devastated by 21 months of conflict.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that the proposed ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza would amount to a concentration camp and risk ethnic cleansing. The plan, pushed by Defence Minister Israel Katz, has sparked fierce criticism and threatens to derail Israel-Hamas truce efforts.

A planned “humanitarian city” inside Gaza intended to hold hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be a “concentration camp,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned.

Israel carried out strikes against Syrian government forces in southern Syria, saying it was acting to protect the Druze minority.

Martin rejected Alan Shatter’s description of a bill that would ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements as “Nazi legislation”.

The Israeli military has opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘humanitarian city’ in the Gaza Strip, which has been widely condemned as a concentration camp for Palestinians. The military has warned that the plan is not workable and will likely compromise ongoing ceasefire talks with Hamas.

Belgium has approved visas for Rawan Alkatari’s husband and three children, but they remain stuck in the Strip.

An Israeli scheme to move hundreds of thousands of already uprooted Palestinians to a so-called "humanitarian city" in Gaza has led politicians to spar with the

The Israeli military said it intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area, but that a malfunction had caused the missile to fall "dozens of metres from the target."