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Top Trump Aides Say Only Hamas-Free Areas Will Be Rebuilt
(Times of Israel) Jacob Magid - Two senior Trump advisers said during a briefing that the U.S. is working with Israel to set up a safe zone inside the areas of Gaza still controlled by the IDF to which Palestinian civilians fearing Hamas retribution can flee. The safe-zone initiative is part of the U.S. response to the executions that Hamas has carried out since the ceasefire against dozens of Palestinians from rival groups. The advisers also hope that limiting the redevelopment of Gaza to areas that are Hamas-free will help advance efforts at demilitarization. One asserted that all mediators agree that "no rebuilding money will go into areas that Hamas controls. "Hamas-free, terror-free zones" will be rebuilt first, and those areas "hopefully can be the examples for what could be possible in the whole place."