Israel will not ‘expel or deport’ anyone from Gaza: foreign minister

Ljubljana, Slovenia: Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday said his country was “not planning to expel or to deport anyone from Gaza Strip” during a visit to Slovenia for the opening of an Israeli embassy. If someone wants to leave Gaza “from his own will, and there is a country which is ready to accept him, as it happens from any conflict area in the world, we will not oppose that,” he added. Several Israeli cabinet members have spoken of plans to remove all two million people from