More than 15 months of daily bombardment have turned Gaza into rubble and killed more than 61,000 Palestinians. Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is largely credited with helping reach a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel on January 19. Negotiations are under way to extend it.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip — possibly with the help of American troops — while the Palestinians who live there should leave, a stunning proposal that would dramatically reorient the Middle East and subject a population of more than a million to further displacement.