Palestinians and human rights groups have largely rejected Israel’s proposal to remove the people of Gaza from their homeland

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to relocate Gaza’s 2 million people through “voluntary migration" — and what critics see as ethnic cleansing.

Obeid, known fondly as the Palestinian Pele, was killed in an attack by Israeli forces while waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) said. Al-Obeid, who was 41, leaves behind a wife and five children.

The Italian Air Force flew the evacuees to Rome, Milan and Pisa in three C-130 cargo aeroplanes from the southern city of Eilat in Israel.View on euronews

The families denounced Netanyahu’s plan to expand military operations. Yehuda Cohen, the father of Nimrod Cohen, an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza, said from the boat that Netanyahu is prolonging the war to satisfy extremists in his government and to prevent it from collapsing.

An Italian hospital says a 20-year-old Palestinian woman has died after being transferred from Gaza for treatment