Israel holds secret negotiations with Congo about accepting refugees from Gaza, media report

The Times of Israel’s Hebrew sister-site Zman Yisrael reports that Israeli officials have held clandestine talks with the African nation of Congo and several others for the potential acceptance of Gaza emigrants, according to The Times of Israel.

“Congo will be willing to take in migrants, and we’re in talks with others,” a senior source in the Israeli security cabinet tells Shalom Yerushalmi.

Yerushalmi quotes Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel saying at the Knesset yesterday: “At the end of the war Hamas rule will collapse, there are no municipal authorities, the civilian population will be entirely dependent on humanitarian aid. There will be no work, and 60% of Gaza’s agricultural land will become security buffer zones.”

She added: “The Gaza problem is not just our problem. The world should support humanitarian emigration because that’s the only solution I know.”