Date: March 30, 2025 Location: At the beginning of a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, following the resumption of Israel’s operations in Gaza after a two-month truce. (Also reported as a video statement from Prime Minister Netanyahu.)

Made amid a renewed military campaign launched on March 18, 2025, after the collapse of a fragile ceasefire—marking a seventh round of intense Israeli attacks in Gaza.

Netanyahu was reiterating demands that:

• Hamas disarm and its leaders leave Gaza.
• Hostages held by Hamas be secured.
• Israeli military efforts continue until Hamas is crushed.
• He framed the so-called “Trump Plan” (a proposal by former President Donald Trump for voluntary population transfer of Gazans to other countries) as a precondition for ending the war and restoring security.

This is one of the most explicit declarations by Netanyahu endorsing the idea of large-scale—but allegedly voluntary—relocation of Gaza’s civilian population, tying it to Israeli security policy.

Critics have warned this could amount to coerced displacement or ethnic cleansing, given the bleak living conditions and imposed constraints on Gazans.