The Israeli military has opposed Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to force most Gazans into what has been described as a “concentration camp” in the south of the enclave. IDF officials warned the prime minister over the proposal during tense cabinet talks on Sunday night,

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.