SAO PAULO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, and dismissed his expansionist ambitions and tariff threats against trading partners as \"bravado\".

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians elsewhere and take over war-ravaged Gaza "makes no sense." "Where would Palestinians live?

Gazans in Khan Younis on Feb. 5 condemned President Trump's proposal that the United States “take over” Gaza and displace Palestinians from the enclave.

The Gaza Strip is surrounded by Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. On 7 October 2023, Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This triggered an Israeli military offensive in which more than 47,

President Donald Trump said the United States would take over war-ravaged Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" after resettling Palestinians elsewhere, shattering decades of U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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

The Palestinian president has said he strongly rejects President Donald Trump's proposal for the US to take over Gaza and permanently resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians living there. "We will not allow the rights of our