In a shift of rhetoric, White House press secretary Leavitt said Trump has not committed to putting U.S. troops on the ground in the Gaza Strip and that he only wants to see temporary resettlement of Palestinians.

Top Trump administration officials attempted today to soften crucial elements of President Trump’s proposal that the U.S. should take over Gaza and drive out the Palestinian population there. The plan, which the president laid out last night, was sharply criticized by allies and adversaries alike.

I won't leave. Put that in your brain‘ - Stunned Palestinians rejected Trump's proposal to expel them from the Gaza Strip so that the U.S. could take over the territory

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday there was nothing wrong in Donald Trump's idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza after the U.S. president's proposal drew international criticism.

Palestinians will mark this year the 77th anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national struggle. But in many ways, that experience pales in comparison to the calamity now faced in the Gaza Strip — particularly as President Donald Trump has suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and that the United States take “ownership” of the enclave.