Trump: US should take Gaza, 'make it a freedom zone'; Oct. 7 'one of worst days in history'
Source: The Times of Israel
Trump: US should take Gaza, ‘make it a freedom zone’; Oct. 7 ‘one of worst days in history’
US president, in Qatar, says Hamas ‘is going to have to be dealt with’; terror group says Israel is not serious on hostage talks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
15 May 2025, 4:55 pm
Continuing his Middle East trip, US President Donald Trump said Thursday that October 7, 2023, was “one of the worst days in the history of the world, not only in this region.”
In comments at a meeting of business leaders in Doha, the US president said the Hamas-led assault on Israel, which killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, was “one of the worst, most atrocious attacks anyone has ever seen.”
More than 5,000 terrorists burst into the south of the country on that day, rampaging murderously through border communities and abducting 251 people to Gaza, where 57 hostages remain in captivity. Terrorists slaughtered families as they huddled in their homes and massacred hundreds of people at an outdoor music festival.
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He said he wanted the United States to “take” Gaza and turn it into a “freedom zone”: “I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good. Make it a freedom zone. Let the United States get involved and make it just a freedom zone,” he said. “I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone.”
The president’s meaning was not immediately clear. Trump has in the past talked of the US taking over Gaza to make it into a Riviera.
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