Donald Trump has restated claims that the US will take control of Gaza and rebuild it, as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire also hung by a thread amid a war of words between the two sides.
Trump reiterated his claim to the war-torn strip in a meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan on Tuesday, insisting that Gaza could somehow be emptied of all residents, controlled by the US and redeveloped as a tourist area."Palestinians will live safely in another location that is not Gaza," he said.It came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also threatened to tear up the ceasefire deal if Hamas did not return more hostages by the agreed deadline on Saturday at midday.
The father of a remaining hostage, Kobi Ohel, told Israel's Channel 13 that the newly released men said his son, Alon, and others "live off half a pita to a full pita a day. These are not human conditions".Mr Ohel's mother, Idit, sobbed as she told Channel 12 her son has been chained for more than a year.Michael Levy said his brother, the newly released Or Levy, had been barefoot and hungry for 16 months.
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