US President Donald Trump will hold a meeting on post-war plans for Gaza on Wednesday, his envoy Steve Witkoff said.
“We have a big meeting tomorrow at the White House, chaired by the president, and it’s a very comprehensive plan that we’re putting together the next day,” Witkoff said in an interview with Fox News, without giving further details.
He was asked if there was a “day after plan in Gaza,” referring to the end of Israel’s war in the Palestinian territory that began in October 2023.
Trump shocked the world this year when he proposed that the United States take control of the Gaza Strip, evict its two million residents and build real estate on the coast.
Trump said the United States would remove rubble and unexploded bombs and turn Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the proposal, which has been heavily criticized by many European and Arab countries.
Witkoff did not elaborate on the plan he unveiled Tuesday, but said he believed people “will see how robust it is and how well-intentioned it is.”
In the Israeli offensive, at least 62,819 Palestinians were killed, mostly women and children, according to the data of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which the United Nations considers reliable.
