US President Donald Trump announced today that Israel would hand over control of the Gaza Strip to the US after the end of hostilities and that there would be no need for US troops there, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
“The Gaza Strip will be handed over to the US by Israel after the end of hostilities. The Palestinians will be relocated to much safer and more beautiful places in the region with new and modern homes“, Trump wrote in a post on the social media “Truth Social“, expanding on his comments about the future of Gaza from earlier this week.
“There will be no need for any US troops! "Stability will reign in the region!!!" he added, quoted by Agence France-Presse.
On Tuesday, Trump announced in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Washington that he planned a "long-term takeover" of the Gaza Strip by the United States.
"We're going to do a good job." "We will take control of it," he added at a news conference, but gave no details on how the US would displace more than two million Palestinians and govern the war-torn territory.
However, Trump's proposal has drawn criticism from Palestinians, Arab governments and world leaders, after which his administration appeared to back down.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that Trump's proposal "was not hostile", and a White House spokeswoman said the president "has not committed" to sending US troops to Gaza.