Ammon News - Occupation Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the army to prepare a plan to enable Gazans to leave the Strip voluntarily, Katz’s office says, according to Times of Israel.

Katz is quoted as welcoming Trump’s “courageous plan, which could enable a wide swath of the population in Gaza to leave to various places around the world.”

He says he has ordered the military to ready a plan by which any resident who wants it can emigrate to any place that agrees to absorb them.

The plan would provide for exit through land crossings, as well as “special arrangements” for departure via maritime and aerial routes.

“Gaza’s residents should be allowed the freedom to exit and emigrate, as is the practice anywhere around the world,” Katz argues, adding that Trump’s plan could advance “rehabilitation plans in a demilitarized Gaza that poses no threat in the post-Hamas era, which will take many years.”