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UN Chief Warns Against Gaza 'Ethnic Cleansing' After Trump Comments

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, asked specifically about the Trump proposal, said 'any forced displacement of people is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.' (Credit: AFP)

The UN chief warned Wednesday against ethnic cleansing in Gaza as he rejected US President Donald Trump's bombshell proposal for the United States to take control of the Palestinian territory and displace all its people.

Trump, in a White House news conference on Tuesday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stunningly proposed "long-term ownership" of Gaza by the United States, triggering an international uproar.

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