Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently revealed his plan for the future of Gaza following the elimination of Hamas, which includes the "complete demilitarization" of Gaza, the closing of its southern border with Egypt, and a complete refabrication of the civil and administration systems in the enclave.
CNN reports that it received a copy of the plan, which the Prime Minister presented to members of the Israeli security cabinet on Thursday. The prime minister's office told CNN that it was distributed as a basis for discussion.
The plan comes weeks after Netanyahu was criticized for not having a plan in place for postwar Gaza.
The current debacle for the Israeli military is how to evacuate more than one million people from Rafah as they prepare to invade the town, which sits on the border near Egypt. Israeli intelligence director David Barnea is set to fly to Paris for talks of a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal that could put an end to the war.
Nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to Palestinian health officials.
The plan being floated would have Israel close Gaza's southern border, giving the state control over entry and exit from Gaza. Currently, Egypt controls access to the southern Gaza border.
Netanyahu's plan says Israel will cooperate "as much as possible" with Egypt in coordination with the United States.
The plan asserts, as Netanyahu has said before, that "Israel will have security control over the entire area west of Jordan," which includes all of the West Bank and Israel, as well as Gaza.
The Palestinians have long sought an independent state in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
Israel will be responsible for "realizing and overseeing" the demilitarization of the Strip, the plan says, except for what is required to maintain public order.
The local entities running the civil service "will not be identified with countries or entities that support terrorism and will not receive payment from them," the plan says.
The United States believes the Palestinian Authority, which has been rebuilt as an alternative to Hamas, should govern Gaza in the future.
The plan also states Israel's long-held position that it will not be forced by the international community to accept a two-state solution.
"Israel outright rejects international dictates regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians," the Netanyahu document says, asserting that recognition of a Palestinian state now would be "a huge reward to unprecedented terrorism."
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has rejected a buffer zone, and Egypt has rejected the idea that Israel will control its border with Gaza.
The United Arab Emirates has stated that unless there is a roadmap toward an independent Palestinian State, it will not help pay for the rebuilding of Gaza.
