The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

The U.S. and Israel have contacted officials from Sudan, Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland to discuss using their territory for resettling Palestinians from Gaza, the Associated Press reported on Friday,

Under US President Donald Trump’s plan for the post-war Gaza Strip, all Palestinians would be expelled and resettled in three African nations of Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland, and the United States w

Trump has proposed a U.S.-led takeover of Gaza following Israel’s military assault, which has killed tens of thousands over the past 17 months. ・U.S. and Israel have reached out to East African countries to explore resettling Palestinians from Gaza.

An Israeli air strike killed four Palestinians in Gaza, the territory's civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a January 19 ceasefire agreement.