The United States will “take over” the Gaza Strip, according to President Donald Trump’s threat. The 78-year-old leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke.
At a news conference Tuesday evening (February 4) on the second stage of the truce between Israel and Hamas. Trump proposed during the negotiations.
That the United States should annex the Gaza Strip, which is a region between Israel, Egypt, and the Mediterranean Sea that is 41 km (25 miles) long and 10 km broad.
There are around two million people living in the Gaza Strip. The majority of its residents are Palestinians, many of whom were uprooted from other regions and now reside in refugee camps.
“We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings – level.