Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain, in a counterproposal to US President Donald Trump’s plan to depopulate the territory and redevelop it as a beach destination.

Trying to counter President Trump’s call to “clean out” Gaza, Arab leaders have begun to outline their own vision for Palestinians in the territory.

Arab leaders meeting in Cairo on Tuesday endorsed a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for the Gaza Strip to be depopulated of Palestinians and transformed into a beach destination, even as the continuation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is uncertain.

Arab states are working on a plan for Gaza’s reconstruction, an alternative to Trump’s proposal to take over the territory and displace its residents.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US government take over a depopulated Gaza Strip and turn it into a holiday resort was met with alarm in neighboring Arab countries.

Arab foreign ministers said on Wednesday they would continue consultations with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy over Egypt's plan for rebuilding the Gaza Strip, an alternative to Trump's proposed takeover of the Palestinian territory.

In a press conference with Jordanian King Abdullah in February, U.S. President Donald Trump touted his proposal that the United States should seize control of Gaza, empty it of its roughly two million residents,

President Donald Trump muddied the waters on his plans for Gaza on Wednesday when he seemed to abandon his plans to move residents out of the region. During an Oval Office press conference with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin,