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Far-right minister says he 'received a commitment' that there would be a gradual Israeli takeover of enclave, despite ceasefire deal

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.

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Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened Sunday to overthrow the government if it did not occupy the Gaza Strip. The extremist minister called a Gaza ceasefire agreement a “very serious mistake” and “surrender to Hamas.”

Finance minister said to convene with bereaved families, relatives of hostages, and strategists to formulate pressure tactics for stopping ceasefire-hostage deal after 1st stage

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatens to dismantle the government if it proceeds with the second phase of the ceasefire deal.

Extreme right-wing Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has expressed praise for a proposal by US President Donald Trump for Gaza Strip Palestinians to be resettled in Arab countries. "After 76 years in which the majority of the population of Gaza was detained under hard conditions to maintain the aim of destroying Israel,

US President Donald Trump said that Arab nations should increase the number of Palestinian refugees they accept from the Gaza Strip, drawing praise on Sunday from extreme right-wing Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Palestinians reject Trump’s relocation plan as they return to Gaza’s north Tens of thousands have moved back to Gaza’s north this week, even as Trump suggests move to Jordan and Egypt.

An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas war returned to their devastated neighbourhoods.