Trump made his announcement to audible gasps during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he was hosting at the White House for talks.
“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it, too. We’ll own it,“ he said.
Netanyahu, however, welcomed the idea, saying it could “change history” and was worth “paying attention to”.
Hamas, which seized sole control of Gaza in 2007, rejected the proposal, branding it “racist”.
Much of Gaza was levelled in a 15-month war triggered by Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel, and Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for sealing a ceasefire agreement that took effect last month.
While Netanyahu’s visit to the White House was billed to focus on a second phase of the truce, it quickly turned into the revelation of a proposal that would, if implemented, completely transform the Middle East.
“It should not go through a process of rebuilding and occupation by the same people that have... lived there and died there and lived a miserable existence there,“ he said.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said deporting people from occupied territory was “strictly prohibited” under international law.
“We create dignity because we are the dignity here, and we say in short to Trump and Netanyahu, Palestine is not for sale,“ 24-year-old Gazan Ahmed al-Minawi said.
Israelis in Jerusalem welcomed Trump’s proposal, though some did not believe it could be achieved.
Trump was vague on the details, but hinted it could require US boots on the ground in one of the most volatile places on earth “if necessary”.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, in a meeting with Abbas, rejected “any attempts” to take control of Palestinian territories and displace people.
In Washington, Netanyahu hailed Trump as Israel’s “greatest friend” and praised his “willingness to think outside the box”.
“We will end the war by winning the war,“ Netanyahu said, while vowing to secure the return of all hostages held in Gaza.
But Saudi Arabia said it would not formalise ties with Israel without a Palestinian state, while rejecting any “attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land”.
“They must be allowed home,“ UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. “They must be allowed to rebuild, and we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution.”
The Gaza war began when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, resulting in the deaths of 1,210 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.
Israel’s retaliatory response has killed at least 47,518 people in Gaza, the majority civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. The United Nations considers the figures reliable.
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