Trump says the US would make Gaza “of freedom”)

He added there is nothing left to save on Palestinian soil.

Trump mentioned the idea for the first time for Gaza in February, when he said the US would rebuild it and force Palestinians to go somewhere, followed. Periscope.

His plan was widely condemned, and Palestinians, Arab states and the United Nations said that such would constitute ethnic cleansing.

The majority of Gaza's population of 2.3 million people is internally displaced as a result of Israel's war, which has killed nearly 53,000 Palestinians and destroyed most of the enclave.

The Gaza war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages.

Hamas is declared a terrorist organisation by the United States and the European Union.

Speaking before a group of officials and businessmen in Qatar, Trump said: “I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good: to make an area of freedom, you have to let the United States include”.

Trump said he saw “air view where, I mean, there's almost no building standing. It's not like you can try to save something. There are no buildings. People are living under the ruins of collapsed buildings, which is unacceptable”.

I want her to become a freedom zone. And, if necessary, I think I'd be proud to have the United States, take it, and make it a freedom zone”, he added.

Trump said earlier he wanted to turn Gaza into the “Middle East Revolution”.

Palestinians strongly oppose any plan that implies their departure from Gaza, comparing this idea to “Nachba” in 1948, or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands were expelled from their homes during the war that led to Israel's creation. Many say that they would prefer to live in the ruins of their homes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the idea of Trump as the bold <x0vision” and has said he and the US president have discussed which countries might be willing to accept Palestinians leaving Gaza. /REL/