The “Preparing to Settle Gaza” conference, which begins today, will include a “Gaza Observer” tour departing from an illegal Israeli settlement less than 10km away from Beit Lahiya where an Israeli attack killed at least 73 Palestinians overnight, Al Jazeera reports.

The tour, which begins in the Givat Kobi neighbourhood of Sderot, is part of the two-day event that will also include “practical preparation workshops for settlement in Gaza”, as well as 10 speakers from Netanyahu’s Likud party.

“Gaza is the property of our ancestors since time immemorial, we will not rest until we settle it again,” Limor Son Har Melech, a member of the Knesset from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, which is part of Netanyahu’s coalition government, said in a post on X, promoting the conference.

The far-right settler organisation Nachala, which is hosting the event, also held another conference earlier this year where a map showing plans for 15 illegal Israeli settlements in Gaza was displayed.