The veteran property developer made the comments during an interview with radio presenter Hugh Hewitt on the one-year anniversary of the attacks agitation On October 7 on Israel.
Hewitt asked the Republican presidential candidate if Gaza could be like this Monaco “If it is rebuilt the right way.”
He replied Trump “The place could be better than… MonacoBecause it has the “best location” in the Middle East.
He added: “I was there, and the place is difficult. It is a difficult place… before all the attacks and before the clashes that occurred over the past two years.”
He continued, “They never took advantage of that. You know, as a developer, it can be the most beautiful place — the weather, the water, everything, the climate. It can be so beautiful… it can be one of the best places in the world.”
He claimed Trump In the interview he “went to Gaza,” although public records show he never visited Gaza, and his campaign told the New York Times, “Gaza is in Israel. President Trump has visited Israel.”
Trump has reportedly traveled to Israel once as president in 2017, when he went to Jerusalem and also visited Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Even before the outbreak of this war, Gaza was already living in miserable conditions, due to the Israeli siege of the Palestinian Strip after Hamas seized power since 2007.
To date, the death toll from the war in Gaza has risen to 42,010, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.
90 percent of the buildings were destroyed along the border areas between the Gaza Strip and Israel (an area of 58 square kilometers), according to Amnesty International.
United Nations estimates show that the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war between Israel and Hamas will require billions of dollars.
indicate United Nations Removing 40 million tons of rubble left by the Israeli bombing may take 15 years and cost between 500 and 600 million dollars.
A United Nations report last May showed that rebuilding destroyed homes in the Gaza Strip may continue until at least 2040, and may take several decades.
Palestinian data show that about 80,000 homes were destroyed in the conflict.
United Nations estimates indicate that at least 1.9 million people throughout the Gaza Strip are displaced, including those who have been displaced more than 10 times.
