The Jerusalem Post reports: “US President Donald Trump suggested that the US take Gaza, deal with Hamas, and turn it into a freedom zone during a business roundtable in Qatar on Thursday. 

‘If it’s necessary, I think I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone. Let some good things happen, put people in homes where they can be safe, and Hamas is going to have to be dealt with,’ Trump told Qatari officials, according to international news reports. 

‘They’ve never solved the Gaza problem, and if you look at it, I have aerial shots, I mean, there’s practically no building standing, there’s no building,’ Trump continued.

‘People are living under the rubble of buildings that collapsed, which is not acceptable; it’s a tremendous death. And I want to see that be a freedom zone.’ This is the first time Trump has made such statements to Arab leaders in a formal setting, notably while in a country that has played a primary role in mediating the Gaza hostage, ceasefire deal…”