US Considering a Plan To Split Gaza into Two With One Zone Controlled by Israel and the Other by Hamas

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the US and Israel are considering a plan for Gaza that would divide the Palestinian territory into two, with one area controlled by Hamas and the other controlled by the Israeli military.

Under the plan, reconstruction could only take place in the Israeli-occupied area until Hamas disarms. “No reconstruction funds will be going into areas that Hamas still controls,” Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law who has been deeply involved in Gaza negotiations, told reporters in Israel on Tuesday.

“There are considerations happening now in the area that the IDF controls, as long as that can be secured, to start the construction as a new Gaza in order to give the Palestinians living in Gaza a place to go, a place to get jobs, a place to live,” Kushner said.