Middle Eastern countries say Trump remains committed to our Gaza United States, which can help rebuild war-torn areas

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he remains committed to the U.S. purchase and possession of Gaza, but that he may allow Middle Eastern countries to rebuild the region hit by the Israeli-Hamas war.

Trump commented while talking to reporters on Air Force One on the way to New Orleans for the Super Bowl.

“I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza,” Trump said. “For us to rebuild, we can hand it over to other states in the Middle East to build various parts of it, and others can do it through our hosts. But we are committed to having, accepting and making sure that Hamas is not going back.”

“There’s nothing to go back to. This place is a demolition site. The rest will be demolished. Everything will be demolished.”

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The president also said he could allow some Palestinian refugees to enter the United States, but the demands will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

Trump said in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that he hopes the U.S. will take over Gaza after Palestinians are resettled in other countries.

“The United States will take over the Gaza Strip and we will work with it,” Trump said at the time. “We will have it and be responsible for dismantling all the dangerous, undeveloped bombs and other weapons on the site.”

“Flating the site, getting rid of destroyed buildings, leaving it out, creating economic development, providing unlimited number of jobs and housing for the people of the region,” he added. “Doing a real job. Doing something different Things. Just can’t go back. If you go back, it will end in 100 years.”

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President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on January 27 on the way from Miami to United Base Andrews on Air Force One, while White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt listened. （AP/Mark Schiefelbein）

Several countries criticized Trump’s comments on taking over Gaza, which was bombed by Israeli forces in a conflict in Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks on Jewish states.

Trump is also Say January 25 He hopes Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries accept more Palestinian refugees from Gaza and it is possible to move out enough people to “clean up” the area.

He said at the time: “You’re talking about a million people, we just cleaned up the whole thing and said, ‘You know, it’s over.’

Palestinians fear that in the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza, now under a ceasefire, they will suffer from another “nakba”, meaning disaster in Arabic, which refers to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the 1948 war The displacement of human beings and the deprivation of the nation of Israel at birth.

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Fox News’ Maria Bartoromo Mohammed bin Salman.

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to media members before he landed in the Marine Corps at the White House in Washington, DC on January 31, 2025. (Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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“President Trump will meet with the King of Jordan and the President of Egypt, and most importantly, I also think so is the case with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,” Herzog said.

He added: “These are partners that have to listen and have to be discussed with them. We also have to respect their feelings and understand how we develop a plan that is sustainable for the future.”

Saudi Arabia is one of many countries that have refused Trump’s takeover of Gaza’s plan. Jordanian King Abdullah II reportedly plans to tell Trump at a meeting on Tuesday that the proposal is the secret to activism, which will spread chaos throughout the Middle East and risk peace between the kingdom and Israel.

Reuters contributed to the report.