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.

Gazans in Khan Younis on Feb. 5 condemned President Trump's proposal that the United States “take over” Gaza and displace Palestinians from the enclave.

The US President said he wouldn't rule out deploying US troops to support reconstruction of Gaza after permanently resettling displaced Palestinians outside the war torn region. View on euronews

President Donald Trump said the United States would take over war-ravaged Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" after resettling Palestinians elsewhere, shattering decades of U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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.