President Donald Trump made an extraordinary proposal for the United States to "take over" the Gaza Strip, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas.

The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.

Trump and top national security aides had spoken earlier in the day about their belief that Gaza was uninhabitable and about a proposal to relocate nearly 2 million Palestinians t

President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere

The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too,” Trump said at a joint news conference in Washington with the Israeli leader by his side. In some respects, the Gaza proposal was in line with Trump’s embrace of startling territorial ambitions,

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it economically after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere, actions that would shatter decades of U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.