Trump suggests relocating Gaza residents to Jordan, Egypt

WORLD, Jan. 26 (YPA) – US President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday a controversial plan to “just clean out” Gaza through the mass expulsion of its population to neighboring Egypt and Jordan, framing the proposal as a step toward “Middle East peace.”

According to Reuters, Trump revealed he had discussed the idea with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and planned further talks with Egypt’s leadership.

“I’d like Egypt to take people. And I’d like Jordan to take people,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

He estimated that “probably a million and a half people” could be moved, adding, “We just clean out that whole thing. You know, over the centuries it’s had many, many conflicts, that site. And I don’t know, something has to happen.”

Trump suggested “the relocations” could be temporary or potentially permanent. “It’s literally a demolition site right now, almost everything is demolished and people are dying there,” he remarked.

It is worth mentioning that the ceasefire agreement came into effect last Sunday, and on the same day, the resistance handed over three female prisoners to the occupation, following an agreement mediated by intermediaries to end a war that lasted 471 days, during which more than 150,000 people were killed or injured.

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