Trump administration reportedly weighs plan to relocate one million Gazans to Libya

Trump administration reportedly weighs plan to relocate one million Gazans to Libya

NBC also reported that the plan is under serious enough consideration that the US has discussed it with Libya's leadership.

The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate as much as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, NBC News reported on Friday, citing five people with knowledge of the matter.

Citing two people with direct knowledge and a former US official, NBC also reported that the plan is under serious enough consideration that the US has discussed it with Libya's leadership.

In exchange for resettling the Palestinians, the administration would release to Libya billions of dollars of funds the US froze more than a decade ago, according to NBC and citing the same three people

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