Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir set out a plan on Thursday to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and send them abroad. Speaking in the run-up to close-fought Israeli elections, he said the plan aimed to see the departure of 250,000 Palestinians from Gaza in the first year, followed by the rest of the roughly two million residents over the following six years. “It’s realistic,” said Ben Gvir, claiming that there were countries who were “ready” to take in Gazans, without naming which ones. Forced displacement of civilians in occupied territory is considered a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.