Trump reportedly issued 6 orders after watching the October 7 massacre video

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Take over Gaza! Trump reportedly issued 6 orders after watching the October 7 massacre video

—Trump again proposes taking over the Gaza Strip without U.S. troops

Editor: Fang Xun / Source: Epoch Times / X / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0207/2171920.html / Image : The picture shows the large area of ​​rubble left by the Gaza War. The United Nations estimates that it may take 21 years and cost up to $1.2 billion to clean up the rubble in the Gaza Strip.

President Trump continued his proposal Thursday (6 February 2025) to have the United States take over and rebuild the Gaza Strip, saying that this move would not require the intervention of the US military.

In a post on Truth Social earlier Thursday, President Trump elaborated on the idea of ​​taking over Gaza, which he first proposed on Tuesday, and clarified to some of his advisers that he was very serious about it. He claimed that Israel would hand over Gaza to the United States "after the battle is over."

Israel has been fighting Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, for about 16 months, and the two sides have signed a fragile ceasefire agreement.

Vision

President Trump said the Palestinians "should have been resettled in safer, more beautiful communities, with new, modern homes. They should have had the opportunity to live a happy, secure and free life."

He continued, "The United States will slowly and carefully begin construction of one of the largest and most spectacular projects of its kind on Earth, working with great development teams from around the world. The region will be stable! No American soldiers needed!"

President Trump previously suggested during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that the Palestinians should be permanently relocated from Gaza and that the United States should transform the Gaza Strip into an economic development zone.

He said, "I think you will turn it into an incredible international area... I don't want to be cute or clever, but (make it into) the Riviera of the Middle East (Riviera, the Mediterranean coastal area from Marseille, France to La Spezia, Italy, famous for its beautiful climate and numerous resorts)... It could be spectacular."

Trump also said at the time that if "necessary", the US military would be used to ensure stability in the Gaza Strip. He also said the United States had a responsibility to clear the area of ​​rubble and unexploded bombs and could help rebuild the area.

He also said the Palestinians could leave Gaza forever and did not want to return to the war-torn land.

However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that Trump had not committed to sending U.S. troops to Gaza and that the Palestinian relocation might only be temporary.

Opposition

Palestinian and Arab leaders rejected Trump's proposal.

Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian National Authority, said Trump's remarks were "a serious violation of international law."

Saudi Arabia reiterated that it "firmly opposes violations of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, whether through Israel's settlement policies, annexation of Palestinian lands, or expulsion of the Palestinian people from their lands."

Skepticism

Republicans were skeptical of the proposal. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina warned that a U.S.-led attempt to expel Palestinians from Gaza would be "difficult."

"I want to destroy Hamas, I've been on the phone with Arabs all day, but I think it's going to be very difficult, and the idea of ​​Americans coming into Gaza is a non-starter for every senator," he said.

However, some see it as an unconventional solution to a long-standing problem.

Charles Kirk, an influential conservative media figure, said Wednesday that the proposal could be a way to "create more leverage." He added, "The occupation of Gaza is not worth the life of a Marine from Oklahoma, that's the bottom line."

Cooperation

Israel has begun preparing for a mass evacuation of Palestinian residents from Gaza after President Trump proposed a U.S. takeover of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Associated Press, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the Israeli military has been instructed to prepare for the evacuation of Palestinians through land crossings, and will also "make special arrangements for evacuation by sea and air."

Reiterate

In the early hours of Thursday morning, President Trump mentioned the Gaza issue again on "Truth Social", reiterating that "the Gaza Strip will be handed over from Israel to the United States after the battle is over" and refuted the claim that the US military needs to intervene only when "necessary".

He also did not forget to tease his Democratic opponent, saying that "Palestinians, and people like Chuck Schumer (senior federal senator from New York, current Senate minority leader, Jewish), will be resettled in safer, more beautiful communities in the area, with new modern homes."

After the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire

On 19 January 2025, the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire agreement came into effect. The Hamas authorities in Gaza acted quickly to restore social order and public services in some areas, supervised the rubble removal work in communities that had been razed to the ground, guarded aid convoys on Gaza roads, and Hamas police patrolled the city streets again.

According to Israeli officials, Hamas soldiers held a parade to celebrate the ceasefire that day, showing off their achievements to the cheering crowd and demonstrating the strength of the Palestinian militant organization.

Reuters interviewed more than a dozen residents, officials, diplomats and security experts who said that Hamas still had a firm control over Gaza, posing a challenge to achieving a permanent ceasefire.

Hamas controls not only Gaza's security forces, they say, but also ministries and government agencies, pays salaries and coordinates with international non-governmental organizations.

Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority insists it is the only body qualified to run post-war Gaza, but a Reuters investigation shows it has no presence in the Strip and little popular support.

Hamas has crushed opposition in Gaza since it ousted the rival Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority in 2007 after a brief civil war. With funding from Iran, Hamas has built a feared security apparatus and military organization.

Hamas' organization is based on a vast network of tunnels, although Israel says it destroyed most of them during the war.

Israel's initial ideas for post-war Gaza, including absorbing local tribal leaders (some of whom were immediately assassinated by Hamas) or using members of Gaza's civil society with no ties to militant groups to run the enclave, have so far received no traction.

The United Arab Emirates and the new Trump administration in the United States have always emphasized that Hamas, which is listed as a terrorist organization by many Western countries, cannot continue to rule Gaza after the war.

(This article refers to reports from The Hill and Reuters)

Zhang Ping/"Within 24 hours after watching the 43-minute documentary on the October 7 massacre, Trump:

1. Stopped funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

2. Withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

3. Abandoned the two-state solution

4. Proposed the annexation of Gaza as a new (*possible) U.S. military base

5. Sanctioned Iran, and

6. Repaired the US-Israel alliance."