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Rubio expected to push Trump plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza on trip to Israel

US secretary of state Marco Rubio (R) arrives in IsraelIsrael's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives in Israel, on the first leg of his Middle East trip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
US secretary of state Marco Rubio (right) has arrived in Israel where he is expected to push Donald Trump’s plan to relocate all of Gaza’s Palestinian residents to neighbouring states. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will discuss the Gaza ceasefire with Israel’s prime minister in Jerusalem, launching a Middle East tour a day after the latest hostage-prisoner exchange.

On his first visit to the region as Washington’s top diplomat, Rubio is expected to push the US president Donald Trump’s widely condemned proposal to take control of the Gaza Strip and relocate its more than 2 million residents – which experts say would amount to ethnic cleansing.

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