US govt may manage Gaza for years

Israel declares city area a combat zone

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A postwar plan for Gaza is circulating within President Donald Trump's administration that would see the US administer the war-torn enclave for at least a decade, the relocation of Gaza's population and its rebuilding as a tourist resort and manufacturing hub, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

The Post said that according to a 38-page prospectus it had seen, Gaza's 2 million population would at least temporarily leave either through “voluntary” departures to another country or into restricted areas within the territory during reconstruction.

Reuters previously reported there is a proposal to build large-scale camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside — and possibly outside — Gaza to house the Palestinian population.

That plan carried the name of the controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).