US President Donald Trump said there is no need to rush to implement the Gaza Strip plan he announced, which includes seizing the Strip and displacing Palestinians from it.
Trump said that what he proposed regarding Gaza from a commercial angle brings peace and we will deal with the matter calmly, and he told reporters at the White House, "We are not in a hurry about it."
Last Tuesday, Trump revealed during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House his intention to seize Gaza and displace the Palestinians, which sparked widespread regional and international rejection.
Trump is promoting a plan to transfer the Palestinians of Gaza to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan, which was rejected by both countries, and was joined by other Arab countries and regional and international organizations.
Meanwhile, a senior State Department official said late Thursday that Secretary Marco Rubio will travel to the Munich Security Conference and to Israel, the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia from February 13 to 18.
The US official said that Rubio will discuss the situation in Gaza and the repercussions of the war during the tour, and will continue Trump's approach in trying to resolve the current situation in the region.
On January 19, a ceasefire agreement began in the Gaza Strip and a prisoner exchange between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ). It includes three stages, each lasting 42 days. During the first, negotiations will be held to start the second and third, with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt and the support of the United States.
The agreement came after Israel, with US military support, carried out a war of extermination in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, which left more than 159,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, and massive destruction amid a worsening famine.