The Trump administration is planning to permanently relocate one million residents of the Palestinian Gaza Strip to Libya, the African country. On Saturday (May 17), the US media NBC News reported this information, citing two people directly involved in the plan and a former US official. However, after the publication of this report, a spokesperson for the US State Department claimed that it was untrue.

The report said that the Trump administration is seriously considering this relocation plan. The US has held talks with important figures in Libya to implement the plan. And in exchange for the resettlement of Palestinians in Libya, the Trump administration will return billions of dollars seized in the United States more than a decade ago. However, no final agreement has been reached with Libya yet. In addition, Israel has been informed about these discussions.

The Trump administration is considering more than just Libya to resettle Palestinians living in Gaza, according to a senior administration official, a former U.S. official familiar with the discussions and a person directly involved in the effort. Syria, which has been under new leadership since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December, is also being discussed as a possible location for resettling Palestinians living in Gaza, according to a former U.S. official and a person directly involved in the discussions.