Some have suggested that US President Donald Trump's plan for the reconstruction of Gaza — where the US takes over the coastal Palestinian enclave, expels the inhabitants and turns it into a "Riviera of the Middle East" — is just an extreme negotiating tactic.

Others are concerned that Trump means every word. Israeli politicians and military leaders have already spoken about an agency for "voluntary emigration" of Palestinians out of Gaza.

According to the United Nations, around two-thirds of Gaza's buildings have been destroyed, and the territory's Health Ministry says more than 48,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel's military campaign. The latter was launched in retaliation for an attack by the Gaza-based militant group Hamas that resulted in around 1,200 deaths.

With a fragile ceasefire currently in effect in Gaza, reconstruction of the enclave is being discussed.

Arab nations have been vehemently opposed to the Trump plan for Gaza. Jordan and Egypt, in particular, are concerned. The US president has suggested they could take in the around 2 million displaced Palestinians from Gaza, a move that would amount to an existential political and economic crisis for both countries.

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Egypt, which was crucial to negotiating the Gaza ceasefire, has been leading a charge to come up with an alternative. A meeting has been arranged in Riyadh,........

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