Trump says Israel will hand Gaza over to US after fighting ends.
A drone image shows Palestinians, who were displaced south by Israeli orders during the war, returning to their homes in northern Gaza as part of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, January 27, 2025. Reuters
Thousands of displaced Palestinians have traveled from southern Gaza to the northern strip following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in January.
US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed a vision in which the United States would take control of Gaza, after officials in his administration appeared to contradict his previous comments.
"The Gaza Strip will be handed over to the United States by Israel at the end of the fighting," Trump said on Thursday. He reiterated that the idea involved the displacement of Palestinians and that there would be no need for US troops.
Trump's relocation idea has sparked accusations that he is plotting ethnic cleansing and has been condemned by the UN, human rights groups and Arab leaders. Analysts doubt it will ever happen. After Trump's initial comments on the issue, his officials suggested that any relocation would only be temporary.
Under his plan, Trump wrote in Truth Social, Gaza residents "would already be settled in much safer and more beautiful communities, with new, modern homes, in the area." The United States would participate in an effort to reclaim the enclave, he said.
His message did not specify whether the two million residents of the Palestinian territory would be invited to return.
Under international law, attempts to forcibly transfer the population of occupied territory are strictly prohibited. White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said Wednesday that any move would be temporary. In his comments the same day, Secretary of State Rubio said the idea was for Gaza residents to leave the territory for a "temporary" period while the rubble was cleared and reconstruction took place.
Those views contradicted Trump's initial comments on the issue. Speaking on Tuesday, when he proposed making Gaza the "Riviera of the Middle East," Trump suggested that the displacement of Palestinians would be permanent.
"The United States is taking control of the Gaza Strip and we will still work with it," he said Tuesday at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the idea "an interest that should be considered." The announcement also caught Trump's advisers by surprise, given the lack of planning around the idea, the New York Times reported, citing four unidentified sources familiar with the discussions.
Trump's new comment on Thursday, that no American troops would be needed, was more clearly in line with Leavitt, who said the United States had not committed to sending "boots on the ground."
Speaking at a prayer breakfast a short time later, the president briefly addressed the situation in Gaza but made no mention of his stated plans for the United States to "take control" of the territory.
Turning his attention to the Middle East, Trump said he hoped his "greatest legacy would be to be known as a peacemaker and a unifier."
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