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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan Jerusalem correspondent

Netanyahu ‘committed’ to Trump’s plan to take over Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a news conference.
Benjamin Netanyahu said he supported the US president’s idea to develop the Gaza Strip into a resort and to relocate its 2.3 million population. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/AP

Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that he is “committed” to Donald Trump’s plan to take over and develop the Gaza Strip, amid uncertainty over whether Israel will send a delegation to Qatar to discuss the second stage of the fragile ceasefire in the war with Hamas.

In a statement on Monday, the Israeli prime minister said: “Just as I have committed to, on the day after the war in Gaza, there will be neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority. I am committed to US president Trump’s plan for the creation of a different Gaza.”

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