Reported US-Israel plan for Gaza 'day after' leaves enclave in 'permanent instability'

A recent report in the Washington Post highlighted that conversations between top US officials about a potential end to Israel's war on Gaza are formulating into a multi-step plan but a "still-fuzzy day after".

The reported five-point plan, however, does not describe a concrete end to an Israeli security presence in Gaza and paves the way for an ongoing Israeli occupation of the Strip with Hamas not fully eliminated.

One aspect of the plan that Israel has finalised is its assault on Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled since the start of Israel's war.

The invasion would not be the full-scale one Israeli leaders were touting earlier this year, and would, according to US officials, be a "more limited assault" that Washington thinks "will result in fewer civilian casualties".

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