Israel has cleared land in southern Gaza for the construction of a camp for Palestinians, potentially equipped with surveillance and facial recognition technology at its entrance, a retired Israeli general who advises the military said on Tuesday. Avivi is founder of the influential Israel Defence and Security Forum, a group representing thousands of Israeli military reservists. Sources told Newsmen this month that Israel wants to ensure more Palestinians leave Gaza than are allowed in. The area fell under complete Israeli military control following an October Israel-Hamas ceasefire, and most Palestinians fled for areas held by Hamas. In July, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz told Israeli media that he had ordered troops to prepare a camp in Rafah to house Gaza’s population.