A firestorm broke out after NBC News alleged the Trump administration plans to relocate up to one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya — a shocking claim swiftly debunked as “false” by the US Embassy in Libya.
The report, based on anonymous sources and a former official, rattled the region, while Libya’s government remained silent, deepening uncertainty and fear.
This follows Trump’s earlier controversial proposal to resettle Gazans in Egypt or Jordan — both nations flatly rejected the idea amid widespread condemnation, calling it ethnic cleansing.
Palestinians vehemently oppose any forced displacement, recalling the trauma of the 1948 Nakba, when hundreds of thousands were uprooted.
Though denied, these explosive rumors reveal how fragile and charged the Palestinian issue remains — where even whispers spark fierce backlash and global alarm.
