IDF representatives estimated in yesterday's security cabinet meeting that it would take more than a year to establish the "humanitarian city" in the Rafah area, with an estimated cost between 10 to 15 billion dollars. This contradicts assessments that the tent camp, which will house hundreds of thousands, would be completed within six months. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to participants in the discussion, was furious at the military's assessment and demanded to be presented with "more realistic" timelines. "It needs to be shorter, cheaper and more practical," he said. The same participants claimed that the "feeling" in the room was that the IDF wants to undermine the plan.

