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President Donald Trump Said on Saturday that he had asked the King of Jordan to get involved more palestinianSaying that Palestinians should leave the Gaza Strip to “clean up” their territory.
The president’s comments, which have been taken as an encouragement by prominent figures on Israel’s far right, came as thousands of Palestinians waited. return to your homes in northern Gaza after the Israeli government accused Hamas violation of ceasefire agreement And refused to open the crossing point.
“You’re probably talking about a half-million people, and we’ll clean that whole thing up,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday.
“I want to join with some Arab countries and build a settlement in an isolated place where they can live in peace for a change,” he said.
Trump suggested Egypt and Jordan Could be one of the countries accepting more refugees.
Referring to earlier conversations with Jordan’s King Abdullah, Trump said he had told the monarch, “I would like you to take in more Palestinians,” adding that he would meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Fattah on Sunday. -Will raise this matter with Sisi.
While the Israeli Prime Minister’s office has not yet responded to NBC News’ request for comment regarding Trump’s comments, the president’s sentiments have been welcomed by ultranationalist Israeli politicians, including the Finance Minister. Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar ben-Gvir, who resigned As Minister of National Security after Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government voted to accept the ceasefire agreement.
Smotrich called the idea of finding new homes for Gaza residents “wonderful”, telling Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 on Sunday that “only out-of-the-box thinking and new solutions will bring peace and security.”
Ben-Gvir also congratulated Trump on the initiative in a post on Twitter.
But Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas spokesman, said, “The people of Gaza endured death for not abandoning their homeland and would not abandon it for any other reason.”
“Implementing the agreement is enough to solve the problems of the Gaza Strip,” he said.
And UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said on Sunday X that “Ethnic cleansing is nothing more than ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking, no matter how one packages it.”
The governments of Jordan and Egypt have not yet responded to requests for comment on the matter.
Trump also confirmed that he has instructed the US military to resume shipments 2,000,pound bomb As for Israel, that was put on hold under President Joe Biden due to concerns about civilian casualties. When asked why he allowed these bombs to be dropped, Trump responded, “Because he bought them.”
Despite the resumption of those shipments, a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continued Sunday, with each side accusing the other of reneging on parts of the deal.
While Hamas officials said that Palestinians were being allowed to return to their homes in the north of the Gaza Strip A key condition of the ceasefireIsraeli officials argued that before releasing the four female soldiers in exchange for prisoners and detainees on Saturday, Hamas was required to release all female civilians it held hostage.
The future of the ceasefire may now depend on what happens to one specific hostage: 29-year-old Arbel Yehud.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said on Saturday that the IDF would not allow Gazans to return to the north of the Strip “until the release of civilian Arbel Yehud.”
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, an Israeli military spokesman, said Hamas had violated the ceasefire by not releasing the first civilian hostages taken under the agreement, including 33-year-old Shiri Bibas, who was killed during October’s Hamas-led terrorist attack. Was kidnapped. 7 2023, with his two sons, 2-year-old Kfir and 5-year-old Ariel.
Their fate is unknown, although Hamas has previously said they were killed in an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli government has said it is unable to verify that claim.
fighting in gaza Starts on October 7, 2023When the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. After this Israel started air and ground attack on Gaza, More than 47,000 people killedAccording to local officials, most of them are civilians.
The IDF’s Arabic spokesman, Avichai Adraei, told Ax Sunday morning that the Netzarim corridor, a military zone in Gaza City that effectively separates northern and central Gaza, remained closed in light of Hamas’ violations of the ceasefire agreement. ,
It is unclear why Yehud was not freed, although it was initially believed that he was being held by Islamic Jihad.
Hamas has also accused Israel disrupting the ceasefire Blamed Israel for any delays in meeting the terms of the agreement, by blockading key areas and preventing Palestinians from returning to their homes.
“Israel is withdrawing from the ceasefire agreement, blocking and obstructing the implementation of its commitments,” the Hamas statement said. It added that the agreement requires Israel to withdraw from the Netzarim corridor.
It said it held Israel “fully responsible for the serious humanitarian consequences.”
Explanation (January 26, 2025, 6:52 PM ET): A quote from Trump was presented incomplete in a previous version of this article. He said solemnly: “You’re probably talking about a million and a half people, and we just clean that whole thing up. You know, for centuries this is a place where many conflicts have taken place.
