Details emerged Thursday regarding Egypt’s reconstruction plan for the war-torn Gaza Strip, which reportedly would include a pledge to rebuild the territory without relocating Palestinians or threatening the grip on power held by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists.

It appears to run counter to President Donald Trump’s ambition to “permanently” relocate Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt, with the U.S. eventually taking over control of the Gaza Strip. Egypt on Tuesday announced its intention to present its own Gaza reconstruction plan after canceling a scheduled trip by its president, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, to the White House on Feb. 18.

“[Egypt’s] plan also seeks to revitalize the local economy, helping Gaza recover from this devastating aggression and restore minimum livable conditions before transitioning to a full reconstruction phase,” Mohamed Hegazy, Egypt’s ambassador to the United Nations office in Geneva and a former Egyptian Foreign Minister, told the Cairo-based Al-Ahram media outlet.

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