“Murder” of Hamas No. 2 in Lebanon “will not go unpunished,” threatens Hezbollah

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has emphatically denied that there was any discussion in Israel about the expulsion of the Palestinians from Gaza. According to Israeli media Channel 12, Tony Blair, who left office in 2007, was in Israel last week as ambassador to the Middle East responsible for establishing Palestinian institutions.

Channel 12 said he held meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a member of the war cabinet, Benny Gantz, about post-war mediation with Hamas. According to the channel, he may also play a mediating role with moderate Arab countries. It says “voluntary resettlement” of residents in Gaza.

But Tony Blair's foundation, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, called the claims “false”. They were published “without any association with Tony Blair or his team”. “No such discussions have taken place,” the organization responded in a statement on Monday evening. “Tony Blair will not have such a debate because the idea is wrong in principle. Gazans can stay and live in Gaza.