Middle East crisis live: Trump says US should turn Gaza into ‘freedom zone’ as more than 50 killed in Israeli strikes

US president’s reported comments in Qatar come as dozens killed in a second consecutive night of heavy bombing

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted the United States to “take” Gaza and turn it into a “freedom zone”, as the Israel-Hamas war rages on in the Palestinian territory, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

“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,” the US leader said in Qatar, adding:

I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone.