Israeli intelligence chief faces reprimand for criticising Trump's Gaza plan

Israeli military intelligence directorate Shlomi Binder is to face reprimand over his criticism of Donald Trump's proposed plan for the Gaza Strip.

The Times of Israel said Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered army chief Herzi Halevi to reprimand Binder after he said Trump’s plans to take over Gaza would increase violence in the occupied West Bank.

“There will be no reality in which [Israeli army] officers will speak out against US President Trump’s important plan regarding Gaza, and against the directives of the political echelon,” Katz said in a statement.

“I ordered the [army] to prepare to advance the plan for the voluntary departure of Gaza residents who would be interested in leaving to various places in the world, and that is exactly what the [army] is required to do and will do."