Gaza could be a 'real estate bonanza', says Smotrich

Описание: Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been sanctioned by Australia and banned from entering the EU, has said Gaza could be a "real estate bonanza".

It comes after a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in a bid to "destroy the Palestinians" there, which Israel has denied.

As Israel's bombardment of Gaza City intensifies, Smotrich told an urban renewal conference in Tel Aviv that a "business plan" for developing Gaza has been submitted to US President Donald Trump.

"We paid a lot of money for this war, so we need to divide how we make a percentage on the land marketing later in Gaza," he said.

The United Nations considers Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as illegal under international law, and the Geneva Convention states that an occupying power can't move its civilians to the territory it occupies.

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