TEHRAN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering a plan to ethnically cleanse 300,000 Palestinian civilians from northern Gaza, including Gaza City, according to a former Israeli military official cited by CNN.

Netanyahu is said to be studying the prospect of a buffer zone, as part of efforts to encircle up to 5,000 Hamas fighters in northern Gaza, which is already under siege and would see the population being chocked off completely from any humanitarian aid.  
The plan would turn the northern Gaza Strip into a closed military zone, meaning any person refusing to immediately leave their home would be killed by Israel. 

The plan was made by a group of retired Israeli generals with other reports suggesting it is being promoted by Reserve Major General Giora Eiland, who has been previously condemned for encouraging the spread of disease among civilians in Gaza to help Tel Aviv win the war against Hamas.

Satellite images show huge destruction caused by the Israeli army in splitting Gaza’s north and south.According to CNN, it has also been presented to the Israeli cabinet and a key parliamentary committee. 

However, it remains unclear how many Palestinians still reside in northern Gaza or whether, when, and how civilians would be permitted to return. 

"Those who leave will receive food and water," Eiland, has been cited as saying. 

The irony is that Israeli politicians and generals have been saying for months on live TV that Hamas has been defeated and only several thousand fighters remain in the south. 

It is becoming growingly evident that in the north, by Israeli admissions, at least 5,000 Hamas fighters remain. 

This is the same northern Gaza that the Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) bombarded nearly one year ago and has been subject to repeated ground invasions ever since. 

Experts say it is becoming increasingly evident that the Israeli military has been defeated in northern Gaza. It appears that the occupation forces have run out of ideas on how to defeat the armed Palestinian group and are resorting to more war crimes.