“Gaza is not for sale” – Middle East Monitor

Hamas officials have strongly rejected reports of a US-backed plan to seize control of the Gaza Strip, evacuate its residents, and transform the territory into an economic and tourist zone.

Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told AFP that the reported plan was unacceptable, addressing the US administration with a pointed Palestinian proverb: “Soak it and drink its water.” He added firmly: “Gaza is not for sale.”

Naim stressed that Gaza…