Hamas has rejected President Donald Trump's shock proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians in other countries, branding it a" racist" idea aimed at "eliminating" the Palestinian cause.
"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.
In a Telegram post on Tuesday, Hamas political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said Trump's statements had been "an overt attempt to liquidate our Palestinian cause and deny our firm national rights".
"Our people will not accept any plans aiming to uproot them from their roots," he added.
Hamas senior official Sami Abu-Zuhri also regarded the statements as "a recipe for producing chaos and tensions in the region", according to another Telegram post.
"Our people in the Gaza Strip will not allow these plans to pass," he emphasised.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also said on Telegram that these had been "racist and evasive statements coated with false humanity".
Trump made his announcement to audible gasps during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late on Tuesday, whom he was hosting at the White House for talks.
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."
Much of the Gaza Strip has been levelled and reduced to rubble during Israel's 15-month long military onslaught which devastated the Palestinian enclave.
Following a ceasefire declaration on 19 January, thousands of Palestinians have been able to return to their homes, though many have been met with next to nothing, following the devastation.
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