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Israeli media says Netanyahu okayed reconstruction in southern Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Israel Katz quietly authorised rehabilitation work in southern Gaza two weeks ago, Israeli Army Radio has reported.</p>
<p>Netanyahu’s green flag to the work, which involves laying infrastructure for future residential housing, comes despite his repeated vows that reconstruction would not begin until Hamas is disarmed.</p>
<p>The report said the work is under way in eastern Rafah, inside Israeli military-controlled territory near the so-called Yellow Line separating Israeli forces from Hamas-held areas. </p>
<p>Netanyahu’s office, however, insists the project began months ago, describing it as a UAE-backed scheme for temporary housing "free of Hamas rule", according to the report.</p>
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