Trump has now gone much, much further, declaring this week that the United States would “take over” Gaza, drive some 2 million Palestinians from their home there, potentially use U.S. troops to crush extremists bunkered amid the explosives-strewn ruins and then …

By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick, Jeff Mason and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's proposal for the U.S. to take over war-ruined Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" after resettling Palestinians elsewhere has shattered U.

Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear of being uprooted again, and President Trump's remarks struck a raw nerve.