Smotrich says Israel working with Trump on 'real estate bonanza' in Gaza Strip

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich described the Gaza Strip as a "real estate bonanza" and stated that Israel is working with Donald Trump on a plan to divide and redevelop the land. Smotrich claimed that after demolishing Gaza in a "first phase of urban renewal," plans for rebuilding it are now on Trump's desk. These remarks give weight to Trump's earlier idea of turning Gaza into the "Riviera of the Middle East" while forcibly relocating Palestinians. A more detailed post-war plan has also circulated, proposing to turn the enclave into a Dubai-like hub through mass surveillance, land appropriation, and population displacement.