After having celebrated 75 years of the occupation of Palestine, "Israel" has found itself scrambling to evacuate settlements it had previously prided itself on insolently erecting atop occupied Palestinian lands across regions bordering Gaza and Lebanon.

Israeli army spokesperson Jonathan Conricus, who in an interview with The Canadian Jewish News said his time serving in the Israeli Occupation Forces elite Brigade, Givati, was a perfect fit because “I like to blow things up”, announced that about 500,000 Israeli settlers have been forced to evacuate settlements built on stolen Palestinian lands since the beginning of Operation Al Aqsa Flood.

The Operation was a response to the culminating occupation practices against the people of Palestine, conducted by the Israeli occupation government, forces, and settlers alike.

According to Conricus, "about half a million Israelis are currently internally displaced," adding that "more than 20 settlements in the north [on the Lebanese front] were also evacuated."

“Our children and grandchildren will never forget #Palestine.”
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A Financial Times report interviewed settlers from the evacuated "Kfar Aza" settlement where the current director of the BESA Center, a think-tank at Bar-Ilan University, made a clear analysis, noting that "If Hamas can absorb the Israeli retaliation, then this is a major, major strategic defeat because no Israeli will ever go back to live there."

This doubt of ever returning, following this large-scale evacuation resulting from a significant intelligence and strategic military and security defeat, which is unprecedented in the history of the occupation, has been why the Palestinian people stand behind the Resistance, stressing that Operation Al Aqsa Flood became proof of an eventual and inevitable liberation of Palestine.

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— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 15, 2023

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The Israeli occupation said it is planning to evacuate settlers in settlements up to two kilometers from the Lebanese border, as per Israeli media. 

The ministry’s National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) said the settlers would be taken to government-funded guesthouses after the plan was approved by Security Minister Yoav Gallant. 

The IOF has repeatedly informed the authorities in the region about the impending execution of the scheme, as per Israeli media reports.

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According to IOF, the 28 settlements included in the plan are "Ghajar, Dishon, Kfar Yuval, Margaliot, Metula, Avivim, Dovev, Ma’ayan Baruch, Bar’am, Manara, Yiftah, Malkia, Misgav Am, Yir’on, Dafna, Arab al-Aramshe, Shlomi, Netu’a, Ya’ara, Shtula, Matat, Zar’it, Shomera, Betzet, Adamit, Rosh Hanikrah, Hanita and Kfar Giladi."

Media and strategic experts have commented on the plan, suggesting it may be related to the Israeli ground invasion. Meanwhile, the Israeli army speculated that Hezbollah might carry out infiltration operations or missile launches. Meanwhile, the chief of the upper Al-Jalil city council expressed concerns, stating that there are many questions about the plan, stressing that there is a lack of clarity in the evacuation plan, and uncertainty surrounds the allocated budget for it.

This is genocide and ethnic cleansing.
This is what happening in #Gaza right now.#GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/1PAgIIRXKI

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 14, 2023

The Israeli Channel 12 correspondent in northern occupied Palestine has confirmed "significant criticisms from the settlers located 2 kilometers away from the Lebanese border," adding that some more distant settlements might be included in the evacuation plan, according to the security situation on the ground.

The Israeli Walla website also reported that the Israeli army began "reinforcing the northern borders with communication systems, focusing on electronic warfare and encrypted communication means, and border protection monitoring systems."

This comes amid concerns of a potential Hezbollah attack on the existing systems along the border, similar to incidents occurring on the Gaza border.

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