Speaking at a press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Tuesday after meetings there US president Donald Trump said the only option now is to send Gazans out of the territory, and that the US would take over the territory, remove the rubble and undertake development projects employing “many people of the area.” Trump also announced the cancelation of funding to UNRWA and withdrawal from the UNHCR, and measures to combat rampant anti-Semitism.

Netanyahu called Trump “the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House” and praised his efforts during his first term and in the first weeks of his second on Israel’s behalf.

Asked whether the US would send to troops to Gaza, Trump said that was an option and the US would “take over the Gaza Strip” and “we’ll own it.”