US does not support forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza: UN envoy
US President Donald Trump revealed a plan to move Palestinian residents out of Gaza, after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February.
Netanyahu told Trump in April that he wants to go ahead with the plan.
At the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Ambassador Dorothy Shea described the plan as Israel's.
She said, "The United States does not support the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza."
The United Nations had criticized the forced relocation as violating international law. The plan had also drawn protests and concern from Middle East countries and elsewhere.
In Gaza, civilian casualties from Israeli fire and other forms of violence are increasing around food distribution sites run by a US-led aid foundation.
Shea defended the Israeli side, saying the US recognizes the Israeli military's "ongoing efforts to prevent civilian harm in Gaza."
She added, "It is unfortunate that the UN continues to turn down the offers of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to collaborate and coordinate aid efforts."
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