Qatar and Turkey rejected Trump's idea of relocating Gaza Strip residents

Qatar does not approve of the proposal of US President Donald Trump, who put forward the idea of relocating the remaining homeless Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Arab countries, and is ready to help with the support of the enclave's population. Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani, Qatar's head of government and foreign minister, said on February 2.

"Regarding the forced displacement and deportation of Palestinians, we are strongly opposed to this. <...>. It is clear to us that this is impossible," Al-Thani told a press conference in Doha following talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

He added that Qatar was engaging with the White House administration on the issue.

"We expressed our readiness to mobilize [efforts] to support the people of the Gaza Strip and [ease] the Palestinians' stay there," the prime minister elaborated.

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan also said that Ankara is "totally against" Trump's proposal to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, TRT reported. He emphasized that "everyone should oppose this plan."

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However, Israel is blocking attempts by the NPA authorities to return to the exclave

Earlier, on January 1, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE said after a meeting in Cairo that the Gaza Strip, as well as the West Bank and East Jerusalem, are part of the Palestinian territories, so these territories should come under the control of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Among other things, Arab foreign ministers rejected the idea of transferring Palestinians from their lands "under any circumstances and justifications."

Prior to that, on January 30, Trump's special envoy for the Middle East Stephen Whitkoff said that Gaza is "uninhabitable" and its reconstruction will take 10-15 years.

On January 24, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya , said that he considers the conflict in Gaza a reflection of the West's indifference to protecting human rights. According to him, even if the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ends now, the risk of death and injury for the children of Gaza will continue for at least 14 more years. That is how long it will take to clear the territory of unexploded shells.

The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip began on the morning of January 19. At the same time, the Palestinian Hamas movement handed over three Israeli hostages - Romy Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher - to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The next day, Israel released the first 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of the deal. The hostage exchange continues.

The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel. On the same day, Israel began retaliatory strikes.