Egypt's plan for Gaza revealed

Egypt has unveiled a 91-page plan for the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza Strip as a counter to President Donald Trump's plan to relocate the population elsewhere, according to a report by Kann News.

The plan, which is reportedly based on the reconstruction of the Japanese city of Hiroshima after it was destroyed by an atomic bomb, was approved in Cairo by the emergency Arab meeting in Cairo two days ago.

The plan, entitled Gaza 2030, includes the idea of using the mountains of rubble created during the war throughout the Strip to extend it into the sea by as much as 14 square kilometers.

According to the plan, 25% of the Strip will be used for housing. Cemeteries, public services, a governmental and administrative area, a logistical area, roads and farmland, workshops, and even tourist spots will be built.

In addition, more than 1,700 residential buildings will be erected, providing more than 42,000 housing units. New Gaza will also include an airport, an international conference hall, a commercial and tourist port, a regional university and energy installations - including solar energy.

As the area is rebuilt, the Strip will be divided into seven zones, in which the more than two million displaced Gazans will be housed in caravans while their new homes are constructed.

Just three and a half pages, however, are devoted to the civil governance of the Gaza Strip, and no mention is made of Hamas at all. Egypt has expressed its desire that a technocratic government, unaffiliated with any Palestinian movement, govern the Strip for half a year, after which the Palestinian Authority would return after being removed by Hamas in 2007.

President Donald Trump has already rejected the idea and continues to support the idea of relocating the over two million Palestinians to other countries. An Israeli source said that there is a third country interested in doing so, but that it has suspended that interest due to international pressure.