The Trump government is developing a plan to permanently relocate up to one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in Libya, NBC News said on Friday, citing five people who know the issue.

The government has already discussed the plan with the leadership of Libya, a former US official said.

In return for the re -installation of the Palestinians, the Trump government may release Libya from billions of dollars that the US has been frozen for a decade, according to the same source.

No final agreement has been reached and Israel has been informed of government debates.

THE Basem Naima Hamas official, said Hamas, the group that has been described as “terrorist” by the US and managing Gaza, has no information on the transfer of Palestinians to Libya.

“The Palestinians are deeply rooted in their home country, very strongly devoted to their homeland and are ready to fight to the end and sacrifice everything to defend their land, their homeland, their families and the future of their children.”Naim said in answering questions Nbc news. “The Palestinians are exclusively the only ones who have the right to decide for the Palestinians, including Gaza and Gaza residents.”

Libya has been plagued by volatility and violence by warring political factions over the last 14 years of the Civil War in the country after overturning it Muammar Gaddafi. Two rival governments, one in the west with led by Abdul Hamid Dbabba and one in the east with the head of Hafetz hawf, They are actively and violently fighting for control of the country. The Foreign Ministry is currently advising Americans not to travel to Libya “Because of crime, terrorism, land mines that have not exploded, political turmoil, kidnapping and armed conflict.”

How many Palestinians would voluntarily leave Gaza to live in Libya is an open question. An idea that government officials have discussed is to be provided to the Palestinians financial motivationsuch as free housing, even allowance, the former US official said.

The details of when or how any Palestinian relocation plan could be implemented in Libya are unclear and such an effort will probably face significant obstacles.

In the past, the government had stated that the Arab nations would help rebuild Gaza after the end of the war there, but have criticized Trump’s idea of ​​permanent relocation of Palestinians.

In recent weeks, the Trump government has also examined Libya as a place where it could send some immigrants who want to deport the US. However, the plans to send a group of immigrants to Libya have been delayed following a federal judge’s suspensive ruling.

The movement of one million Palestinians to Libya could exert much greater pressure in the fragile country.

CIA’s most recent public assessment for Libya’s current population is approximately 7.36 million.

Exactly where the Palestinians will be reinstated in Libya has not been determined. Government officials are considering choices for their housing and transporting them from Gaza to Libya – by air, land or by sea.

Any of these methods will probably prove to be time -consuming and expensive.

The plan under discussion is part of President Donald Trump’s vision of a post -war gauze, which, as he said in February, will seek to “understand” and rebuild what he called himself ‘Riviera of the Middle East’.

“We will take over this area, develop it and create thousands of jobs. It will be something for which the whole Middle East will be proud of »then Trump had stated.

To achieve his goal of rebuilding Gaza, Trump has stated that the Palestinians there should be permanently restored elsewhere: “They cannot live in Gaza right now and I think they should settle permanently in a location that will make them happy. Do not be shot, not killed, not stabbed to death as in Gaza. “Trump had stated in February during a meeting at the White House with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The idea of ​​Trump, who left some of his top assistants, including the Foreign Minister Mark Rubio, It has been criticized by Arab allies of America and Americans (Republicans and Democrats) legislators.

The US and Israel also rejected an Egyptian proposal in March to rebuild Gaza without the relocation of Palestinians.

The Libya government’s plan comes at a time when Trump’s relationship with Netanyahu has been partly due to Israel’s decision to launch a new military attack on Gaza.

The Trump government has examined many sites to reset the Palestinians living in Gaza, according to a senior government official, a former US official who knows the discussions and one of those who are directly aware of the effort.

OR Syriawith her new leadership after his overthrow Bashar al -Assad In December, it is also discussed as a possible location for the re -installation of the Palestinians currently in Gaza, according to one of people who are directly aware of the effort and a former US official who knows the discussions.

The Trump government has taken measures to restore diplomatic relations with Syria. Trump announced on Tuesday the lifting of sanctions against Syria while on Wednesday he met with the country’s new leader Ahmad al-Saraa.