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- The White House has appeared to walk back elements of President Donald Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza and launch a US takeover of the devastated territory.
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump wanted Palestinians to be only “temporarily relocated” out of Gaza, that the rebuilding of the enclave would not be paid for by the United States, and that US troops were not likely to be sent.
- Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has said Trump’s plan was “unlawful, immoral and completely irresponsible”, adding that he was suggesting committing the “international crime” of forced displacement.
- Hamas has released a statement in response to Trump, saying his plans are “a recipe for creating chaos and tension in the region. Our people in the Gaza Strip will not allow these plans to pass”.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 47,552 people and injured 111,629 others, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry, with thousands more feared dead as the recovery of bodies from the rubble continues. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.