Benjamin Netanyahu praises Trump's 'remarkable idea' about a US takeover of Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said President Donald Trump’s connection of a U.S. takeover of Gaza is simply a "remarkable idea" that should beryllium "pursued," "examined" and "done."

"I deliberation it volition make a antithetic aboriginal for everyone," Netanyahu said successful an interrogation Wednesday connected "Hannity."

President Donald Trump said astatine a quality league astatine the White House that the United States "will instrumentality over" the Gaza Strip, level it and rebuild it. He besides suggested relocating Palestinians to neighboring countries portion the reconstruction is ongoing, thing two U.S. Middle Eastern allies person flatly rejected.

Palestinians walk the time connected the formation on the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave successful Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 25, 2024.  (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

THE HISTORY OF GAZA AMID TRUMP'S PLAN TO REBUILD ENCLAVE

"The existent thought of allowing for its Gazans who privation to leave, to leave. I mean, what's incorrect with that?" Netanyahu asked. "They tin leave. They tin past travel back. They tin relocate and travel back, but you person to rebuild Gaza. If you privation to rebuild Gaza, you can't person — this is the archetypal bully thought that I've heard."

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt told reporters Wednesday that Palestinians would be "temporarily" relocated due to the fact that the enclave is simply a "demolition site." 

"There’s nary moving water. There is nary electricity. The president wants these individuals to unrecorded successful peace," Leavitt said from the briefing country podium.

A fume rises implicit a gathering successful Gaza City connected October 9, 2023 during an Israeli aerial strike. (Photo by Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Steve Witkoff, the U.S. peculiar envoy to the Middle East, estimated that the Gaza Strip volition beryllium "uninhabitable" for astatine slightest 10 to 15 years arsenic the reconstruction process takes shape.

Netanyahu told Fox News big Sean Hannity that Israel is inactive committed to destroying Hamas’ subject and governing capabilities truthful it tin ne'er airs a menace to the Jewish State again. 

Hamas militants launched a deadly 2023 onslaught connected confederate Israel, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical and taking much than 250 arsenic hostages, according to estimates from Israeli authorities.

TRUMP NOT COMMITTING TO PUTTING US TROOPS ON THE GROUND IN GAZA, WHITE HOUSE SAYS

A subject parade of the Hamas violent enactment earlier the transportation of 4 Israeli pistillate hostages to the Red Cross connected January 25th, 2025. (TPS-IL)

A fragile ceasefire statement betwixt Israel and the militant radical is underway arsenic hostages proceed to beryllium released aft having spent implicit a twelvemonth successful captivity.

"So far, we've decimated astir of Hamas' subject power, not all. There's immoderate left, and we'll marque definite that it's not determination erstwhile this warfare ends, and it could extremity precise quickly," Netanyahu told Fox News big Sean Hannity.

He added that Trump’s instrumentality to the White House has affected the full Middle East and raised the spirits of the Jewish people.

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"It elevates the tone of each those who privation to spot a antithetic Middle East, a prosperous and peaceful Middle East. I deliberation it changes the planetary equation. It decidedly changes the equation successful the Middle East."