His proposal sparked international outrage, a warning against ethnic cleansing from the UN secretary general, António Guterres, and disbelief among the people of Gaza, who somehow clung on in their homes over 15 months of war.
They stayed in north Gaza during the war, with about 400,000 others, even as a blockade within a blockade meant the north got even less aid than the south.
Barely a week after Salem got back, Donald Trump announced he wanted the US to “own” Gaza and resettle its Palestinian residents elsewhere, describing the enclave as an “unlucky place” that should be rebuilt as a “Riviera of the Middle East”.
Israel launched its war on Gaza after Hamas launched cross-border attacks on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking a further 251 hostage.
‘This time, we stay’: the Palestinian families vowing not to leave Gaza Defiant Gazans reject Trump’s resettlement plan after enduring 15 months of conflict.
