Donald Trump’s declaration to annex the Gaza Strip has been met with widespread condemnation. Now, a clip taken from the Republican presidential debate in 2016 has resurfaced online, and it reveals the president’s perspective on the issue,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to the Middle East next week after backlash against President Trump's plan for the U.S. to "take over" and rebuild Gaza. Israel's government is preparing to move Palestinians out of the territory,

General view of the rubble of houses and buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip January 29, 2025.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio late on Tuesday appeared to back President Donald Trump's plan for a U.S. takeover of Gaza, saying the Palestinian enclave must be free from Islamist group Hamas.

President Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza and transfer its population elsewhere has stirred condemnation and sarcasm, but it is an opening bid and could disrupt a tired diplomatic paradigm.

A day after worldwide condemnation of Trump's announcement that he aimed to take over and develop the Gaza Strip into the "Riviera of the Middle East", Israel ordered its army to prepare to allow the "voluntary departure" of Gaza Palestinians.