With the mainstream media and Hamas supporters across the world still recovering from their collective hissy fit, President Donald Trump on Thursday elaborated his vision for Gaza.
Writing on the Truth Social platform, President Trump announced that no U.S. troops would be needed to implement the plan.
The Gaza reconstruction and resettlement plan, first proposed by President Trump at a White House news conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, envisages large-scale development of the enclave wrecked with destruction after Hamas launched a massive unprovoked attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
“The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,” President Trump said on Truth Social.
“The Palestinians … would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region. They would actually have a chance to be happy, safe, and free,” he said. “The U.S., working with great development 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.”
“No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed! Stability for the region would reign!!!” the president added.
Despite rejection from the European and Arab governments, the president’s plan was welcomed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who was on a two-day visit to the U.S., The Times of Israel reported:
US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Gazans and assume control of the Strip is being treated by Israel as a “day after” plan for the war-torn territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicates.In preview footage from an interview to be aired tonight on the pro-Netanyahu Channel 14, Netanyahu says: “This is the way of the world. The president of the United States came — and they spoke to us all the time, what about the day after? — and you wanted a day after? Here he came with a new idea, totally different, the day after Hamas of course, because you can’t talk about anything else.”
Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to put together a plan that could facilitate a voluntary emigration of Gazans from the terrorist-infested enclave.
The CBS News reported:
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday “welcomed Mr. Trump’s bold plan.””I instructed the IDF to prepare a plan that will allow any resident of Gaza who is interested to leave to any place in the world that agrees to accept them,” Katz said in a statement. “The plan will include options for exit at land crossings as well as special arrangements for exit by sea and air.”
China and Russia joined Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups in opposing the U.S. plan that seeks to transform Gaza and promises its residents a better life after a self-inflicted 15-month war that exposed the vast terrorist underground infrastructure built beneath the enclave. The terrorist-ruled Gaza is littered with unexploded ammunition and weaponry, making the reconstruction work extremely risky for construction workers and residents alike.
Western European countries, including Germany and France, called for the resurrection of the failed ‘two-state solution,’ a move that will create a terrorist state east and south-west of Israel. “European countries reiterated their support for the two-state solution after Donald Trump suggested America “take over” the Gaza Strip,” the France-based Euronews TV channel reported.
United Nations chief António Guterres likened President Trump’s proposal to “ethnic cleansing.”
“Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza was met with anger and blunt rejection from regional allies, … and a warning against “ethnic cleansing” from the head of the UN,” the UK newspaper Guardian reported.
Despite Israel observing a ceasefire in Gaza for over three weeks, Palestinian terrorists continue to threaten IDF troops posted in the enclave in keeping with the agreement.
On Wednesday, terrorists tried to take up positions close to the IDF posts. “IDF troops operating in the area fired warning shots to distance suspects who were moving toward them and posed a threat to troops in a number of areas in the Gaza Strip,” the military said in a statement.
“Additionally, in southern Gaza, IDF troops identified a number of suspects moving near them, and posing an imminent threat to them, and fired warning shots to distance the suspects,” the IDF disclosed. “After the suspects continued to advance toward the troops, the troops fired additional shots in order to remove the threat.”
“The IDF is committed to fully implementing the conditions of the agreement for the return of the hostages,” the military added.
Meanwhile, Israeli military and security services continue their counter-terrorism operation in the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank. The operation comes after a series of deadly terrorist attacks originating from the area. “Israeli soldiers, cops and Shin Bet agents continued the large-scale counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank overnight, the IDF says in a statement,” The Times of Israel wrote. “The forces discovered and destroyed a bomb manufacturing lab along with several explosive devices.”
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