Israel making ‘attempts to move Palestinians into Egypt’: Lazzarini
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has accused Israel of preparing the mass expulsion of Gazans into neighbouring Egypt, which Israel said was “simply not true”.
In an opinion piece published Saturday in the Los Angeles Times, Lazzarini wrote that “the developments we are witnessing point to attempts to move Palestinians into Egypt”.
He added that the widespread destruction in the Palestinian territory’s north and the resulting displacements of Gazans to the south were “the first stage of such a scenario”.
A spokesperson for the Israeli defence ministry office responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said: “There is not, never was and never will be an Israeli plan to move the residents of Gaza to Egypt.”
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