White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the Biden administration had earmarked $50 million for a condom distribution programme in the Gaza Strip. Her comments came as she was justifying Donald Trump’s sweeping freeze on all foreign aid.
Egypt and Jordan have rejected the president's proposal to remove Palestinian refugees from Gaza and send them to neighboring countries.
The US Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has visited the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump's envoy visited the Netzarim Corridor, which was created by the Israeli military and divides the Gaza Strip into two parts,
"We just clean out that whole thing and say, 'You know, it's over,'" the new president said to reporters on Air Force One.
About 50 million taxpayer dollars went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The announcement came as the United States pressures Israel and Hamas to continue a ceasefire that has paused a devastating 15-month war in Gaza.
Trump floated the idea on Saturday, saying he would urge the leaders of the two Arab countries to take in Gaza’s now largely homeless population, so that “we just clean out that whole thing.”
US President Donald Trump has been accused of proposing the 'ethnic cleansing' of Gaza after suggesting 'we can just clean out that whole thing' with two million displaced
US President Donald Trump has said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Trump said he had made the request to Jordan's King Abdullah and planned to ask Egypt's president on Sunday, too.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from the war-torn Gaza Strip to Jordan and Egypt unacceptable, reports Reuters. "Any resettlement plans,