The plan would envisage people moving from an enclave shattered by almost two years of war with Israel to a nation in the heart of Africa riven by political and ethnically-driven violence.

Sources tell Reuters that South Sudan and Israel are in talks to resettle Gazans, despite denials by South Sudan’s Foreign Ministry.

The deal between South Sudan and Israel could help the two countries build closer ties, the report added. Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the East African country,