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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Michael Howie

Donald Trump says Israel will 'turn over' Gaza to America when fighting has ended as US President doubles down on plan

US President Donald Trump doubled down on his controversial Gaza reconstruction plan claiming Israel would hand over the war-ruined territory to the US after fighting was over and the enclave's Palestinian population was already resettled elsewhere.

A day after worldwide condemnation of Trump’s announcement that he aimed to take over and develop the Gaza Strip into the “Riviera of the Middle East”, Israel ordered its army to prepare to allow the “voluntary departure” of Gaza’s residents.

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