The United States and Israel have rejected a long-awaited Arab plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that would allow the territory’s roughly two million residents to stay in their homeland.

Hamas has called upon an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo next week to uphold rejection of plans aimed at the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has decried recent Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria as a “provocative and reckless escalation.”

Arab leaders have gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a reconstruction plan for Gaza aimed at countering President Donald Trump's scheme for US takeover of the strip and the forced displacement of its people.

The Arab Group at the UN, together with a group of UN ambassadors, views the "displacement" of Palestinians as a violation of international law.

The Arab League says the Israeli PM's remarks on Saudi Arabia shows his detachment from reality.

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the country will host an emergency Arab summit on Palestinians.