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Donald Trump has said that the Gaza Strip would be turned over to the US by Israel only after fighting had ceased in the war-torn territory and that no American troops would be needed to maintain stability.
The US president made his latest announcement about his proposal to take over Gaza on Thursday, a day after allies in the Middle East and Europe had objected to his plans and as the White House sought to assuage fears of a protracted military intervention.
“The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. He added that the Palestinian people “would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region”.
He said the US, working with teams from “all over the world”, would “slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth”.
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