September 17, 2025, 5:51 PM

Smotrich throws off the mask:"Gaza is a real estate goldmine."

At the end of the war, the Gaza Strip will be “a real estate goldmine” and “negotiations have begun with the Americans” on how to divide the Palestinian enclave, where there is “real estate abundance,” and ensure that the reconstruction “pays for itself.” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich doesn’t mince his words and throws off the mask when speaking about Gaza’s “day after” at the Urban Renewal Summit real estate conference in Tel Aviv. “We have invested a lot of money in this war. We need to see how we will distribute the land in percentages,” Smotrich said, adding that “we have already done the demolition, the first phase of the city’s renovation. Now we just need to build.” The far-right minister then said that the “business plan” for Gaza is on the desk of US President Donald Trump, who is “checking whether this situation will become a real estate windfall.”

• At the end of the war, the Gaza Strip will be “a real estate goldmine ” and “negotiations have been started with the Americans ” on how to divide the Palestinian enclave, where there is “ an abundance of real estate ,” and ensure that the reconstruction “pays for itself.” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich does not mince his words and throws away the mask when speaking about Gaza’s “day after” at the Urban Renewal Summit real estate conference in Tel Aviv. “We have invested a lot of money in this war. We need to see how we will distribute the land in percentages,” Smotrich said, adding that “we have already done the demolition, the first phase of the city’s renewal. Now we just need to build.” The far-right minister then said that the “business plan” for Gaza is on the desk of US President Donald Trump, who is “seeing how this situation will become a real estate windfall.” More than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry said the death toll has risen to 65,062 and 165,697 injured since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The Israeli offensive has destroyed vast swathes of Gaza, displaced approximately 90 percent of the population, and caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, with experts predicting famine in Gaza City. Internet blackouts have been reported in the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian telecommunications company is accusing Israel of attacks on infrastructure. Some areas of Gaza City are without internet, residents confirmed to the dpa news agency, while officials from West Bank-based Paltel have reported problems with landlines and internet in the Strip. Internet watchdog X NetBlocks reported"a significant disruption in connections in the Gaza Strip, with a strong impact in the north." All of this, it is stated, comes amid the"new Israeli ground operation in the area," launched on Monday, the post states. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed that the army is investigating the reports. At least 50 Palestinians have been killed since dawn in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli military operations are continuing, al-Jazeera satellite TV reported, based on hospital sources in the Palestinian enclave. According to the toll, 38 of the 50 victims were killed in Gaza City. The Palestinian Telecommunications Authority said that internet and phone services have been disrupted in northern Gaza due to Israeli attacks. Al Jazeera reports . According to the agency, internet and landline services have been disrupted in the Gaza and Northern Gaza governorates due to Israeli forces' attacks on several main lines providing services in the region. A coalition of leading humanitarian organizations has urged the international community to take tougher measures to halt Israel's offensive on Gaza City, after a UN panel of experts found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. In a statement, the humanitarian organizations said that countries"must use all political, economic, and legal tools at their disposal to intervene" and that this moment "requires decisive action." The message was signed by the leaders of more than 20 humanitarian organizations working in Gaza, including the Norwegian Refugee Council, Anera, and Save the Children. The Israeli army is blocking the World Health Organization's fuel supply to hospitals in Gaza City. The Gaza Strip's Hamas-run Health Ministry announced the news, adding that last night the IDF bombed the Rantisi Children's Hospital, forcing 40 hospitalized patients to flee. Since dawn, Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed at least 33 people, according to medical sources reported by Al Jazeera. Of the total, 21 were killed in Gaza City, where Israel's massive ground assault to conquer the Strip's main urban center is underway. The Pope launches a new appeal on the humanitarian situation in Gaza"before the Almighty Lord who commanded 'Thou shalt not kill' and in the light of all human history." At the end of the general audience, he reiterated:"Every person always has an inviolable dignity that must be respected and protected."