Egypt reaffirms its rejection of displacement of Palestinians from Gaza: High-level source to Al Hadath

Radwa ElSayed Hani , Sunday 26 Jan 2025

Egypt maintains its firm stance against the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza to other locations, a position it has consistently conveyed to the US, a high-level Egyptian source told Al Hadath TV channel Sunday.

Displaced Palestinians evacuate from the Tal al-Zaatar camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip.AFP

On Saturday evening, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, US president Donald Trump said he had told Jordan's King Abdullah II: "I'd love you to take on more because I'm looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it's a mess, it's a real mess."

He said he planned to present the same proposal to the Egyptian president on Sunday.

"You're talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing," Trump added.

"Almost everything is demolished and people are dying there. So I'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where maybe they can live in peace for a change."

"I'd like Egypt to take people," Trump said. "You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, You know, it’s over."

Egypt has firmly rejected all Israeli proposals for the so-called "voluntary displacement" of all or part of the Gaza Strip to the Sinai Peninsula, describing any Israeli attempt to do as so as a war crime.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has repeatedly rejected any Israeli attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause by displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Sinai, describing it as a red line for Cairo.