Sisi says Egypt will not take part in 'act of injustice' displacing Palestinians

CAIRO - Egypt will not participate in the displacement of Palestinians, which would be an "act of injustice", President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said Egypt and Jordan should take in residents of the Gaza Strip.

According to a statement by the president's office on Wednesday, Sisi said Egypt would work with Trump to reach peace between Israel and Palestinians based on a two-state solution.

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday he wants Egypt to take in Palestinians from the enclave, where much of the population has been displaced by Israel's military onslaught.

"I wish he would take some. We help them a lot, and I'm sure he can help us," Trump said of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, whom he called a "friend."

"I'd like to get them living in an area where they can live without disruption and revolution and violence," Trump said of Palestinians in Gaza.

Trump over the weekend suggested Egypt and Jordan should take in Palestinians from Gaza. The two countries and other Arab states oppose removing Palestinians from Gaza, in part because it is land Palestinians want as part of a future Palestinian state.

The Gaza war was sparked by Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants killed 1,200 and took about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's war on Gaza has killed some 47,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry, and led to accusations of genocide and war crimes that Israel denies.