DOHA, February 6. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump plans to put pressure on Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to bankroll the US plan to take over and rebuild Gaza, the London-based news outlet Middle East Eye reported, citing an unnamed US official.

The Trump administration's plan calls for the three Gulf nations to obtain waterfront property rights in a reconstructed Gaza Strip and for their construction firms to be awarded contracts to build apartment towers there, according to the report. That would be in exchange for funding the relocation of Palestinians and Gaza’s reconstruction, the official told MEE.

However, Gulf states haven’t agreed to support the proposed deal or made a counteroffer, causing frustration among Trump’s advisers and prompting the US president to make plans to apply pressure, the report said.

On February 4, Trump said at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following their talks at the White House, that the US was considering long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip in order to develop it for the sake of peace in the Middle East. He also proposed relocating Palestinians from the enclave to other countries in the region, which he said could pay for it. Trump indicated that the US is ready to send its troops to Gaza if necessary. The US president reiterated this vision for Gaza’s future on February 6.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday that the US does not plan to send troops to Gaza or finance its rebuilding.

At the end of January, the US president said Gazans, who found themselves unhoused due to hostilities, could be resettled to other Arab countries, such as Egypt and Jordan. According to Trump, the move would affect about 1.5 million people. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi criticized the proposal. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said it is unacceptable to violate the rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to their land. Other Arab countries, along with Hamas, which controls Gaza, have also expressed disagreement with Trump's idea.