France rejected on Wednesday comments by U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting the United States could take control of Gaza and Palestinians could be displaced elsewhere saying it would violate international law and destabilise the region.

Trump's plans are likely to heighten fears among Palestinians in Gaza, which had a pre-war population of around 2.3 million, of being driven out of the coastal strip, and stoke concern in Arab states that have long worried about the destabilising impact of any such exodus.

President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents has been swiftly rejected and denounced by American allies and ad

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

Trump, in an appearance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, proposes resettling millions of Palestinians to neighboring countries.

President Donald Trump made it sound logical and straightforward. The US, the most powerful country on Earth, would take over the Gaza Strip after a year and a half of devastating war, remove its damaged buildings and unexploded ordnance,