Egypt and Jordan have both rejected the suggestion by US President Donald Trump that Gaza should be “cleaned out” and what remains of its pre-war population of 2.3 million moved to the two neighbouring countries.

The Biden administration allegedly allocated $50 million for a condom distribution in Gaza, but no evidence supports this claim, which a former Biden official refutes. The Trump administration has frozen these funds amidst a review of federal spending.

President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries,

Egypt and Jordan have rejected the president's proposal to remove Palestinian refugees from Gaza and send them to neighboring countries.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the Biden administration had earmarked $50 million for a condom distribution programme in the Gaza Strip. Her comments came as she was justifying Donald Trump’s sweeping freeze on all foreign aid.

"We just clean out that whole thing and say, 'You know, it's over,'" the new president said to reporters on Air Force One.

Egypt and Jordan are strictly opposed to this idea. US President Donald Trump believes it would be a good idea if Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations take in a larger number of Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip.

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it as ethnic cleansing and warning of regional chaos.

The Trump administration clarified the claim on Wednesday, saying the $50 million was part of a broader aid package

Trump floated the idea on Saturday, saying he would urge the leaders of the two Arab countries to take in Gaza’s now largely homeless population, so that “we just clean out that whole thing.”

US aid experts on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's claim that the United States had spent $50 million to fund condoms for the war-battered Gaza Strip, which the president has sought to make a poster child for wasteful spending.

The announcement came as the United States pressures Israel and Hamas to continue a ceasefire that has paused a devastating 15-month war in Gaza.