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Hamas is set to free 3 Israelis and 5 Thais in next hostage release, officials say

Palestinians walk among the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday after Israel began allowing hundreds of thousands of Gazans to return to the area last week. Trump on Saturday said he would urge Egypt and Jordan to accept people from Gaza so that “we just clean out that whole thing,” calling the territory “a demolition site.” Trump said he would urge the leaders of both countries, key allies of the United States and major recipients of American aid in the region, to accept the idea, saying the resettlement could be temporary or long term. In his first public comments since Trump floated the suggestion Saturday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi called the idea “an injustice” that Egypt would not be party to. “The solution is not to remove the Palestinian people from their place.” The Egyptian president said his government would work with the Trump administration to achieve peace “that is based on the two-state solution” between Israel and the Palestinians.

LA Times

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