The U.S. embassy in Libya has denied a report claiming the U.S. government was planning to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
The denial came in response to a Thursday report by NBC News, which cited five sources, including two with direct knowledge and a former U.S. official, that the Trump administration was working on a plan to move up to one million Palestinians to Libya.
“The report of alleged plans to relocate Gazans to Libya is untrue,” the U.S. embassy stated on the X platform.
The internationally recognized Government of National Unity in Tripoli was not immediately available for comment.
This follows earlier remarks by former President Donald Trump, who has suggested that the United States could take control of Gaza and resettle its Palestinian population elsewhere. Trump has long proposed that U.S. allies, including Egypt and Jordan, take in Palestinians, but both countries have rejected the idea, which has been widely condemned as a form of ethnic cleansing.
Trump’s comments have drawn sharp criticism, particularly from Palestinians and Arab nations, who view such plans as reminiscent of the 1948 “Nakba,” when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced during the creation of Israel.
In April, Trump suggested that Palestinians could be resettled in various countries, reiterating his views during a recent visit to Qatar, where he described Gaza as a “freedom zone” with little left to save. Trump has also previously said he envisioned Gaza becoming the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
This latest denial comes amid continued tensions and debate over the future of the Gaza Strip and its population.
