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Donald Trump said that the Gaza Strip will only be handed over to the United States by Israel after the war is stopped in battle, and US troops do not need to remain stable.
The U.S. president made the latest announcement about the proposal to take over Gaza on Thursday, the second day after his allies at home, the Middle East and Europe, he opposed his plans and the White House tried to ease concerns about lasting military intervention.
“At the end of the battle, Israel will be handed over to the United States by Israel. He added that the Palestinian people “would have been safer and more beautiful in the region,” Trump said in an article on his Truth Social Platform. community with new modern homes in the area”.
He said the United States, working with teams from around the world, “slowly starting to build will become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth.”
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Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. would take over Gaza and use force when needed sparked a turmoil in the Arab world, with officials across the region warning that any forced displacement of Palestinians would violate international law and fuel regional instability.
It has also attracted criticism from some of Trump’s domestic allies, with some Republicans saying it deviating from his “America First” agenda and his long-standing opposition to U.S. intervention in “endless” foreign wars.
“I thought we voted for the United States first,” Sen. Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, said Wednesday. “We have no business thinking about another profession to doom our treasure and spill the blood of our soldiers.”
But Israeli officials welcomed the idea, Defense Minister Katz said Thursday morning that he ordered the military to prepare a plan that would allow Gazas to “voluntarily” leave. This will include options for land, ocean and air exits, but does not provide further details, Kaz said.
Ha Hellyer, a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said Katz’s plan increased pressure on Egypt, a “clear signal” for Palestinian Cairo, aiming to face domestic public opinion in Israel.
“The Israeli government believes they have some momentum with Trump, but is not sure how he will continue to urge Palestinians to be displaced from Gaza,” he said. “It maintains pressure and does not include any political process for Palestinians. It is about Rearrange the goal posts and keep everyone in balance.”
Trump’s announcement comes as Israel and Hamas will begin talking about moving to the second phase of a vulnerable, U.S.-led deal that ceased the devastating war in Gaza after 15 months of fighting and began to release Ha Maas still holds the hostage. enclave.
Under the terms of the deal that came into effect about three weeks ago, Hamas will release 33 people in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in early March.
In the second phase, details that still have to be agreed upon, Hamas aims to free all remaining hostages of life in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli forces withdraw completely from Gaza and end the battle permanently.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under pressure from the far-right members who resumed the war, vowed to return to Israel to fight to destroy Hamas this week. Since the fight ceased, militant groups have regained control of parts of the zone.
EU Foreign Affairs spokesman Anouar El Anouni said on Thursday that while the three-week truce was a “positive development”, the “next steps bring permanent support to hostilities, stability and peace.” Sexual efforts are crucial to the region”.
Other reports from London’s Jonathan Wheatley and Laura Dubois. mapping Aditi Bhandari
