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President Trump on Thursday suggested the U.S. would look to take control of the Gaza Strip and turn it into a “freedom zone,” highlighting one of his more controversial foreign policy proposals

One in five people in the Gaza Strip are facing starvation as the entire territory edges closer to famine, a new United Nations-backed report warns, after nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of critically needed humanitarian aid.

This is not the first time the US president has proposed a takeover of the region, currently at the center of Israel's war on Hamas.

As ‘man-made’ famine deepens under Israeli siege, Palestinian families feed their children makeshift versions of traditional dishes amid extreme hunger

No deals and no negotiations. Former National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror:' If Israel does not thoroughly eliminate Hamas, no third party will help us'. And they will be back.

As Israel sets out to expand military operations in Gaza, a senior Israeli official told Newsweek that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sticking behind U.S. President Donald Trump 's vision of transforming the war-torn Palestinian territory into a coveted Middle East destination.

Israeli government will allow humanitarian aid to resume for several hundred thousand starving Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by a new relief group, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.