Gaza residents reject Donald Trump's plans of a US takeover and the resettlement of Palestinians in Egypt and Jordan. Many are still grappling with the Israel-Hamas conflict but have no desire to leave the territory.
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00:00The hope of returning home had kept Ahmad Badwan going through the months of war and
00:07displacement in southern Gaza.
00:10They got back, but their home was gone.
00:13The day before yesterday, I saw my house destroyed.
00:17No home, no life, nothing.
00:19I brought a tarp and nails, but I don't know where to set up a tent for my daughter and
00:23me.
00:24Vast areas of this once lively neighborhood in northern Gaza City have been destroyed
00:35by Israel's airstrikes and ground invasion.
00:46I don't even know how to secure my children's survival in the upcoming period.
00:50I can't even think further than that.
00:53There's no work, no housing, nothing.
00:55I don't know what reality is or what awaits us.
01:02Adding to the uncertainty are the statements made by U.S. President Donald Trump, saying
01:07he plans to take over Gaza and resettle its population of 2.3 million people elsewhere.
01:18This land is precious and dear.
01:21This land is precious and beautiful.
01:23How can I leave?
01:26We bled for this land.
01:27We suffered and lived here.
01:29I don't know how we would leave, but with all this destruction, everything pushes you
01:35to go.
01:40We won't even bother answering Trump's statements, and we will not go to Jordan or Egypt.
01:44We will remain steadfast here, God willing.
01:48Mohamed Alsawi also says leaving Gaza is not an option.
01:53That's despite losing his livelihood and everything he'd worked years for, his car, repair shop
01:59and home, have been reduced to rubble.
02:04I'll tell my son to build our house well because he will be the one to live in it, not me.
02:10Maybe my children will see our home rebuilt one day, but I will not.
02:13I may never see Gaza restored to what it was.
02:20Despite the lack of running water or electricity, he says he has nowhere else to go.
02:26And like others, he fears that if he were forced to leave Gaza, he may never be allowed
02:31to return.