Trump says the U.S. will ‘take over’ Gaza and relocate its people. What does it mean?

Photo caption: President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. Photo credit: Alex Brandon / AP. Article by Daniel Estrin and Kat Lonsdorf. NPR – February 5, 2025.

TEL AVIV, Israel — President Trump floated two bombshell ideas Tuesday about Gaza that has Palestinians, Israelis and the wider Middle East scrambling. The first: that the U.S. would take over the territory. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump said in a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We’ll own it … We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal … the Riviera of the Middle East.” […]

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Updates:

Trump officials try to walk back president’s Gaza comments – as it happened – The Guardian

5 takeaways as Trump’s Gaza Strip proposal reverberates – The Hill

Does Trump mean what he just said about Gaza? – Vox

Exclusive: Inside Trump’s Gaza takeover stunner – Axios

How Trump arrived at his stunning idea to ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip – CNN