Trump says he wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza

US President Donald Trump has said helium wants Egypt and Jordan to instrumentality successful Palestinians from Gaza, which helium described arsenic a "demolition site".

Trump said helium had told Jordan's King Abdullah: "I'd emotion you to instrumentality connected more, due to the fact that I'm looking astatine the full Gaza Strip close present and it's a mess."

"You're talking astir about apt a cardinal and a fractional people, and we conscionable cleanable retired that full thing," helium said, adding that the determination "could beryllium temporary" oregon "could beryllium long-term". The US president said helium planned to marque a akin petition to Egypt's president connected Sunday.

Hamas has vowed to reason immoderate specified action, and the comments volition apt outrage Palestinians successful Gaza, for whom it is their home.

"Our Palestinian radical successful the Gaza Strip endured decease and demolition for 15 months… without leaving their land. Therefore, they volition not judge immoderate offers oregon solutions, adjacent if they look to beryllium bully intentions nether the rubric of reconstruction, arsenic announced by US President Trump's proposals," Bassem Naim, a subordinate of the Hamas governmental bureau, told the BBC.

"Our people, conscionable arsenic they person thwarted each plans for displacement and an alternate homeland implicit the decades, volition besides thwart specified projects," helium added.

Most of Gaza's 2 cardinal residents person been displaced successful the 15 months of warfare with Israel, which has flattened overmuch of Gaza's infrastructure.

The United Nations has antecedently estimated that 60% of structures crossed Gaza person been damaged oregon destroyed, and it could instrumentality decades to rebuild.

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• History of the struggle betwixt Israel and the Palestinians

Trump made his comments portion speaking to reporters connected committee the Air Force One.

"Almost everything is demolished and radical are dying there.

"So I'd alternatively get progressive with immoderate of the Arab nations and physique lodging astatine a antithetic determination wherever possibly they tin unrecorded successful bid for a change."

Trump did not springiness further details of the proposal, and the taxable was not referenced successful the White House's authoritative work retired of the call.

Asked astir Trump's comments, Abu Yahya Rashid, a antheral displaced successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis said:

"We are the ones who determine our destiny and what we want. This onshore is ours and the spot of our ancestors passim history. We volition not permission it but arsenic corpses."

Decades of US overseas argumentation has committed to the instauration of a Palestinian state, with Gaza arsenic a cardinal part. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects this.

The US has antecedently said that it opposes immoderate forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza oregon the occupied West Bank, with then Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying past year: "They cannot, they indispensable not, beryllium pressed to permission Gaza."

More than 2 cardinal Palestinian refugees, astir of whom person been granted citizenship, unrecorded successful Jordan, according to the UN. They are descendants of immoderate of the astir 750,000 Palestinians who fled oregon were forced from their homes successful the conflicts surrounding the enactment of Israel successful 1948.

Thousands of Palestinians person fled to Egypt since the warfare with Israel began, but they are not recognised determination arsenic refugees.

In October 2023, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said helium rejected immoderate forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula, and that the lone solution was an autarkic authorities for Palestinians.

Some connected Israel's far-right privation to instrumentality to Gaza and found settlements there. Israel ordered a unilateral propulsion retired successful 2005, with 21 settlements dismantled and astir 9,000 settlers evacuated by the army.

The far-right erstwhile nationalist information curate Itamar Ben-Gvir said helium commended Trump "for the inaugural to transportation residents from Gaza to Jordan and Egypt."

"One of our demands from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to beforehand voluntary emigration," helium wrote connected X.

Trump's comments came arsenic displaced radical were delayed from returning to their homes successful bluish Gaza aft Israel accused Hamas of breaching the presumption of a ceasefire deal.

"There is thing determination - determination is nary life, everything is demolished. But inactive to instrumentality to your land, to your location is simply a large joy," 1 antheral anxiously waiting told the BBC.

In abstracted comments connected Air Force One, Trump said helium had ended erstwhile President Joe Biden's clasp connected the proviso of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.

"They paid for them and they've been waiting for them for a agelong time," helium told reporters connected Air Force One.

The US is by acold the biggest supplier of arms to Israel, having helped it physique 1 of the astir technologically blase militaries successful the world.

But the warfare successful Gaza led to renewed calls for the US to trim oregon extremity arms shipments to Israel, due to the fact that of the level of demolition caused by US weapons successful the territory.