Netanyahu slams army over delay in building Gaza concentration camp
During a closed-door security cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu and several ministers dismissed the Israeli army's timeline as unrealistic, according to a source cited by Haaretz.
Israeli officials estimate that building a so-called 'humanitarian city' in Rafah could cost between $2.7bn and $4bn, according to Israeli media outlet YnetNews.
The proposed concentration camp which would hold up to 500,000 displaced Palestinians, has been widely denounced by rights groups as a form of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing. Critics say the plan amounts to corralling civilians into a zone they would be barred from leaving, with no return to northern Gaza allowed.
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