Senior Hamas leader: ‘Anyone who can bear arms’ worldwide must fight Trump’s Gaza plan

A senior Hamas leader calls on supporters of the terror group worldwide to pick up weapons and fight US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate more than two million Gazans to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan.

“In the face of this sinister plan — one that combines massacres with starvation — anyone who can bear arms, anywhere in the world, must take action,” Sami Abu Zuhri says in a statement. “Do not withhold an explosive, a bullet, a knife or a stone. Let everyone break their silence.”

Last month, Trump announced his plan for the United States to take over Gaza and relocate the entire population of two million people before leading reconstruction efforts to turn the war-torn Strip into a Mediterranean resort.

He has since softened the half-baked proposal, clarifying that no Palestinians will be forcibly evicted and denying that the relocation plan would amount to ethnic cleansing.

According to the Axios news site, the US has not been actively working to advance Trump’s plan, with Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff focused instead on restoring the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.

Israel has tried to fill the vacuum, holding talks with the conflict-plagued East African countries of Somalia and South Sudan, along with Indonesia and other countries, about them taking in Palestinians, Axios reported, citing two Israeli officials and a former US official. Those talks have yet to bear fruit.