His comments were met with visible approval from Netanyahu, who called President Trump’s ideas “worth paying attention to.” The Israeli prime minister, under pressure from his far-right coalition partners to continue military operations in Gaza, praised the president as Israel’s “greatest friend” in the White House.

The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Trump said. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bo