Arab countries reject Gaza displacement as ethnic cleansing, but Israeli officials say they are working on plans to make it happen, and polls suggest most Israelis are open to the idea.

Rare tensions are surfacing between Israel and President Donald Trump’s administration, after the US engaged in direct negotiations with Hamas regarding hostages in Gaza, including an American national.

President Trump’s Middle East envoy floated the threat of joint U.S.-Israel action against Hamas if the terrorist group didn’t release all hostages from Gaza. “I think there’s going to be some action taken” if Hamas fails to surrender its hostages,

An Israeli air strike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory's civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a January 19 ceasefire agreement.