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A report claims that the US plans to relocate a million Palestinians from war-torn Gaza to Libya. The US would launch frozen funds to the North African nation in trade.
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Months after President Donald Trump proposed to “take over” Gaza, a brand new report has claimed that the US is engaged on a plan to completely relocate about a million Palestinians from the war-torn territory to Libya.
The plan is below “critical consideration” and the Trump administration has mentioned it with Libya’s management, NBC Information reported on Friday, citing individuals aware of the matter.
The US would launch to Libya, a North African nation which has remained deeply divided for the reason that 2011 NATO-backed revolt that toppled and killed its longtime chief Muammar Gaddafi, billions of {dollars} of funds that had been frozen greater than a decade in the past in trade for the resettling of Palestinians, the report mentioned.
There, nonetheless, has been no closing settlement and Israel, which launched a navy marketing campaign in Gaza after Hamas killed 1,200 individuals in Israeli cities in October 2023, has been knowledgeable of the discussions, NBC Information reported.
A US official mentioned the report was “unfaithful”.
“The scenario on the bottom is untenable for such a plan. Such a plan was not mentioned and is unnecessary,” the official informed NBC Information.
A senior official of Hamas, a US-designated terrorist group that has run Gaza, mentioned he was not conscious of any discussions about transferring Palestinians to Libya.
“Palestinians are very rooted of their homeland, very strongly dedicated to the homeland and they’re able to struggle as much as the top and to sacrifice something to defend their land, their homeland, their households, and the way forward for their youngsters,” Basem Naim informed NBC Information.
“[Palestinians] are solely the one get together who’ve the fitting to resolve for the Palestinians, together with Gaza and Gazans, what to do and what to not do,” he added.
This month, US media reported that Donald Trump, who took workplace in January pledging to deport thousands and thousands of individuals, deliberate to ship migrants to 3rd international locations, together with Libya.
Libya’s Authorities of Nationwide Unity, nonetheless, rejected using Libyan territory as a vacation spot for deporting migrants with out its information or consent.
It additionally mentioned there was no coordination with the US relating to the reception of migrants.
Since returning to energy, Trump has repeatedly instructed that Palestinians in Gaza must be taken in by regional Arab nations equivalent to Egypt and Jordan, an thought rejected by each the Arab states and Palestinian leaders.
In February, he instructed that the US ought to take management of the Gaza Strip and transfer about two million Gazans out of the territory to different international locations within the area, a plan dubbed the “Riviera of the Middle East“.
Israel-Hamas Struggle In Gaza
Israel seized the Gaza Strip in 1967 and maintained a navy presence within the territory till 2005, when it pulled out its settlers and troops.
A 12 months later, Hamas gained parliamentary elections and seized full management of Gaza in 2007.
Main combating then flared in Gaza in 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2021.
The deadliest war in Gaza started when Hamas launched an assault on Israeli cities on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 and taking 251 hostages.
Israel’s retaliatory strikes have since then killed greater than 53,000 Palestinians and displaced practically 2 million individuals.
