US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage by suggesting the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza, calling it a 'demolition site' and proposing that Egypt and Jordan take in the population. Hamas and Islamic Jihad condemned the idea, while a far-right Israeli minister welcomed it. The proposal comes as a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas enters its second week.
An aerial view of displaced Gazans gathering in an area in Nuseirat on January 26, 2025, to return to their homes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. — AFP picas a first-time user .
But after 15 months of war, Trump called Gaza a “demolition site” and said that he had spoken to Jordan’s King Abdullah II about moving Palestinians out of the territory. “You’re talking about probably a million and half people, and we just clean out that whole thing,” Trump said of Gaza, whose population is about 2.4 million.
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who opposed the Gaza truce deal, said that Trump’s suggestion of “helping them find other places to start a better life is a great idea”. On Sunday, cars and carts loaded with belongings lined up near the blocked Netzarim Corridor that they would cross to enter the north.
Israel has also reached a ceasefire with Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, where the health ministry on Sunday said Israeli troops killed three residents and wounded 44 as hundreds of people tried to return to their homes on the deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw from the area.
GAZA STRIP HAMAS ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FORCED DISPLACEMENT
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