The U.S. and Israel have contacted officials of three East African countries to discuss using their territories for resettling Palestinians from Gaza, the Associated Press reported on Friday, citing U.S. and Israeli officials.
Officials from Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland were contacted regarding the proposal © Mena Today
The U.S. and Israel have contacted officials of three East African countries to discuss using their territories for resettling Palestinians from Gaza, the Associated Press reported on Friday, citing U.S. and Israeli officials.
Officials from Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland were contacted regarding the proposal, the AP reported, citing U.S. and Israeli officials as sources.
However, Sudan officials said they rejected the proposal from the U.S. and officials from Somalia and Somaliland said they were unaware of any contacts, reported AP.
The White House and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. The information ministers for Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland did not pick up Reuters' telephone calls for comment.
Earlier this month, Arab leaders adopted a $53 billion Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza that would avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave, in contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of a "Middle East Riviera".
Trump has proposed a U.S. takeover of Gaza, where Israel's military assault in the last 17 months has killed tens of thousands, to reconstruct the destroyed enclave, after earlier suggesting that Palestinians should be permanently displaced.
Trump's plan reinforced long-standing Palestinian fears of being permanently driven from their homes, and was met with widespread international rejection.
Palestinian terrorist group Hamas carried out a cross-border raid into southern Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering the Israeli assault in the Gaza Strip.
By Bruno Finel
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US embassies in Jerusalem, Baghdad and Amman issued security alerts Saturday urging American citizens to exercise "heightened vigilance," as tensions flare between Iran and the United States. Americans were also told to "consider departing, or be prepared to depart should there be escalation."
President Donald Trump said Friday that Israel was "very happy" with an agreement reached by his so-called Board of Peace for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups in Gaza.
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