United States President Donald Trump has made a splash in the Middle East with his idea of ending Israel-Hamas hostilities in Gaza, saying he will urge the leaders of Jordan and Egypt to join troubled Gaza.
After 15 months of war, Trump said Gaza had become a “demolition ground”. “I want Egypt to take people. And I want Jordan to take people.
Most Gazans are Palestinian refugees or their descendants.
“You’re talking about maybe a million and a half people, and we just clear the whole thing,” Trump said of Gaza.
Trump added, “I would rather join with some of the Arab countries and create an accommodation in a different place where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
What did Hamas say about Trump’s proposal?
Hamas, which recently entered into an uneasy truce with Israel, rejected the idea. A member of Hamas’s political bureau, Basim Na’im, told AFP that the Palestinians “will thwart such plans”, as they have done for “decades of displacement and alternative homelands”. what’s up with
He said that the people of Gaza will not accept such offers.
Islamic Jihad, which has fought alongside Hamas in Gaza, called Trump’s idea “deplorable” and said it would “commit war crimes against humanity by forcing our people to leave their land.” Crime is encouraged.
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezel Smotrich said Trump’s “advice to help them find other places to start a better life is a very good idea”.
He added: “Only thinking outside the box with new solutions will bring peace and security.”
After 15 months of war with Israel, about 70% of the structures in Gaza have been damaged.
In the war, which was triggered by Hamas attacks on Israeli cities that killed 1,210 people, 47,283 people, mostly civilians, died in Gaza.
Egypt has previously warned against any “forced displacement” of Palestinians from Gaza into the Sinai desert, which Sisi said would jeopardize the 1979 peace accord Egypt signed with Israel. was given
Jordan is already home to approximately 2.3 million Palestinian refugees.
With inputs from AFP
