Mashaal says Palestinian displacement threat remains in Gaza and West Bank

Senior Hamas official Khaled Mashaal warned that plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza and the occupied West Bank remained active, arguing that developments in both territories should be viewed as part of the same broader conflict. Mashaal, who heads Hamas’s external leadership, made the remarks during a meeting organised by the Al-Quds International Institution and the Global Coalition to Support Jerusalem and Palestine. He said Israeli forces currently control about 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, with the remaining territory increasingly separated by military corridors and buffer zones. He warned that further expansion could place additional pressure on densely populated areas where displaced Palestinians are concentrated. The 70 percent estimate broadly corresponds with Israeli reporting. Israeli military officials told the […]