Gazans showed little enthusiasm on Friday for Donald Trump's planned renovation of their territory, saying they doubted US intentions and would rather have land, aid and compensation after Israel's war.
Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner unveiled plans at the World Economic Forum for a glitzy makeover of Gaza, in which tents and rubble are replaced by gleaming towers, coastal tourism and commercial zones.
The artist's impressions of a $30 billion transformation were greeted cautiously in the Strip, where Mr Trump's previous AI-fuelled visions of a new Gaza provoked anger and fears of Palestinians being pushed off their land.
Mousa Abu Hani, 47, who lives in a tent near Khan Younis after a war that killed four of his nine children, said the American announcement "ignores us as the people of Gaza".
The plan privatises a once public beach, and marginalises high rise buildings - that were once sprawled across Gaza city - to the coast.
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