Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to “take over” Gaza, as his defense minister instructed the Israeli military to draw up a plan to would enable the “voluntary departure” of Palestinian residents in Gaza.

President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end.

By bnm Tel Aviv bureau US President Donald Trump announced plans for American control and redevelopment of the Gaza Strip following his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 4,

President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, marking the first foreign leader visit of Trump’s second term.

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to begin talks on Monday (Feb 3) on a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas as he visits the new Trump administration in Washington. Before departing,

During his press conference, Trump suggested that Saudi Arabia was not demanding a Palestinian homeland. But statements from Saudi officials since then contradict this narrative and point to increasingly divergent views on Gaza – and indeed, the future of Palestine – between Riyadh and Washington.

President Donald Trump's comments that the U.S. should take long-term control of war-shattered Gaza and that the area's residents should be permanently resettled have been contradicted by top people i