Hamas calls on 'anyone who can bear arms' worldwide to fight Trump's Gaza plan

A senior Hamas official on Monday called on supporters around the world to take up arms and fight US President Donald Trump's plan to relocate more than two million Gaza residents to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan.

"In the face of this evil plan, anyone who can bear arms, anywhere in the world, must take action," Sami Abu Zuhri was quoted as saying in a statement.

Abu Zuhri's call comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered to let Hamas leaders leave Gaza but demanded that the Palestinian militant group disarm in the final stages of the Gaza war.

Netanyahu said Israel was working towards a plan proposed by Trump to relocate Gaza residents to other locations.

Netanyahu stressed that after the war, Israel would ensure overall security in Gaza and "enable the implementation of the Trump plan" - which had initially called for the mass displacement of all 2.4 million people living in the Palestinian territory - calling it a "voluntary migration plan".

Days after taking office in January, Trump had proposed that Gazans leave the territory without the right of return, but later appeared to back down, saying he was "not forcing" the widely condemned plan for the United States to take over the territory and redevelop it. /Telegraph