The US embassy in Libya denied on Sunday a report that the US government was working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.

“The report of alleged plans to relocate Gazans to Libya is untrue,” the US embassy said on the X platform.

The Tripoli-based internationally recognized Government of National Unity was not available for immediate comment.

On Thursday, NBC News said the Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate as many as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.

The report cited five people with knowledge of the matter, including two people with direct knowledge and a former US official.

IT said that the plan is under serious enough consideration that the US has discussed it with Libya’s leadership, while stressing a final agreement has yet to be reached.

In exchange for resettling the Palestinians, the administration........

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