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,“ Trump said.
Suggesting “long-term ownership” by the United States, Trump said his idea would make it “the Riviera of the Middle East. This could be something that could be so magnificent.”
“The American racist stance aligns with the Israeli extreme right’s position in displacing our people and eliminating our cause,“ Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanou said in a statement.
Netanyahu, who has vowed to bring home hostages taken by Hamas and to crush its capabilities, said Trump’s plan could “change history” and was worth “paying attention to”.
‘Miserable existence’
Trump, who also floated travelling to Gaza, appeared to suggest it would not be rebuilt for Palestinians.
The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations had pushed back strongly at Trump’s suggestions earlier Tuesday -- before his proposal the United States take the territory over -- for his people to be resettled.
Palestinians in Gaza have also denounced Trump’s resettlement idea.
For Palestinians, any attempts to force them out of Gaza would evoke dark memories of what the Arab world calls the “Nakba”, or catastrophe -- the mass displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s creation in 1948.
Standing at a podium beside Trump, Netanyahu hailed Trump as Israel’s “greatest friend” and praised his “willingness to think outside the box.”
‘Winning the war’
“We will end the war by winning the war,“ Netanyahu said, while vowing to secure the return of all hostages held by Hamas.
But after Trump aired his proposal, Saudi Arabia said it would not formalise ties with Israel unless a Palestinian state is established.
Egypt, Jordan and ceasefire mediator Qatar have all rejected Trump’s suggestion of moving Palestinians from Gaza.
Hamas’s attack resulted 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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