A key group of Arab nations have said they “firmly” reject any efforts to resettle or evict Palestinians from Gaza, after US President Donald Trump said he wanted to “clean out” the enclave and move its population to neighboring countries.

Egypt and Jordan, along with the Palestinians, worry that Israel would never allow them to return to Gaza once they have left.

President Trump has suggested that Gazans should be evacuated from the devastated enclave and taken in by Jordan and Egypt.