Donald Trump says Israel will 'turn over' Gaza to America when fighting has ended as US President doubles down on plan

US President Donald Trump doubled down connected his arguable Gaza reconstruction program claiming Israel would manus implicit the war-ruined territory to the US aft warring was implicit and the enclave's Palestinian colonisation was already resettled elsewhere.

Trump, who had antecedently declined to regularisation retired deploying US troops to Gaza, clarified his plans successful comments connected his Truth Social web platform.

“The Gaza Strip would beryllium turned implicit to the United States by Israel astatine the decision of fighting,” helium said. Palestinians “would person already been resettled successful acold safer and much beauteous communities, with caller and modern homes, successful the region.”

“No soldiers by the US would beryllium needed!” helium said.

“I invited President Trump’s bold plan, Gaza residents should beryllium allowed the state to permission and emigrate, arsenic is the norm astir the world,” Israel Katz said connected X.

Mr Katz said his program would see exit options via onshore crossings, arsenic good arsenic peculiar arrangements for departure by oversea and air.

Trump’s unexpected announcement connected Wednesday, which has sparked choler astir the Middle East, came arsenic Israel and Hamas were expected to statesman talks connected the 2nd circular of a fragile ceasefire program to extremity astir 16 months of warring successful Gaza.

Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia rejected the connection outright and Jordan’s King Abdullah, who volition conscionable Trump astatine the White House adjacent week, said connected Wednesday helium rejected immoderate attempts to annex onshore and displace Palestinians.

Hamas authoritative Basem Naim accused Mr Katz of trying to screen up “for a authorities that has failed to execute immoderate of its objectives successful the warfare connected Gaza”, and said Palestinians are excessively attached to their onshore to ever leave.

Displacement of Palestinians has been 1 of the astir delicate issues successful the Middle East for decades. Forced oregon coerced displacement of a colonisation nether subject concern is simply a warfare crime, banned nether the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

Israeli strikes which killed tens of thousands of radical implicit the past 16 months person forced Palestinians to repeatedly determination astir wrong Gaza, seeking safety.

But galore accidental they volition ne'er permission the enclave due to the fact that they fearfulness imperishable displacement, similar the “Nakba”, oregon catastrophe, erstwhile hundreds of thousands were dispossessed from homes successful the warfare astatine the commencement of the authorities of Israel successful 1948.

Mr Katz said countries who person opposed Israel's subject operations successful Gaza should instrumentality successful the Palestinians.

“Countries similar Spain, Ireland, Norway, and others, which person levelled accusations and mendacious claims against Israel implicit its actions successful Gaza, are legally obligated to let immoderate Gaza nonmigratory to participate their territories,” helium said.