Some of US President Donald Trump's aides have softened his proposal to permanently resettle Gaza's population, after international condemnation.
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00:00U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday walked back the Trump plan to permanently
00:05relocate Palestinians from Gaza after American allies rebuffed the suggestion.
00:12Trump on Tuesday, in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the
00:17U.S. could take ownership of Gaza.
00:19And the only thing President Trump has done very generously in my view is offer the United
00:24States willingness to step in, clear the debris, clean the place up from all the destruction
00:30that's on the ground, clean it up of all these unexploded munitions, and in the meantime
00:35the people living there will not be able, the people who call that home will not be
00:38able to live there while you have crews coming in and removing debris, while you have munitions
00:43being removed, etc.
00:45That's the offer that he's made.
00:47This is the first good idea that I've heard.
00:50It's a remarkable idea and I think it should be really pursued, examined, pursued and done
00:57because I think it will create a different future for everyone.
00:59Meanwhile, U.N. agencies have also rebuked the proposal saying any forcible transfer
01:04or deportation of Palestinians from Gaza would violate international law.
01:09On Wednesday, a Palestinian envoy to the U.N. warned that Gaza was an integral part of the
01:15state of Palestine.
01:17Approximately 2.1 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip where they have been forced
01:21into displacement several times since Israel's war on Hamas began in October 2023.