Some Jewish settlers have cherished the dream - or pipedream - of returning to Gaza since 2005, when Israel ordered a unilateral pullout, 21 settlements were dismantled and about 9,000 settlers were evacuated by the army.

Opinion polls suggest that most Israelis oppose resettling Gaza, and it is not official government policy, but since the Hamas attacks on 7 October it is being talked about out loud - by some of the loudest and most extreme voices in Israel’s government.

Daniella Weiss, 78, the grandmother of Israel’s settler movement, says she already has a list of 500 families ready to move to Gaza immediately. She proudly shows a map of the West Bank with pink dots indicating Jewish settlements. The dots are scattered all over the map, eating away at land where Palestinians hope - or hoped - to build their state.