DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected calls by U.S. President Donald Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Friday endorsed Egypt's counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump's colonialist-style plan to take over Gaza and displace the Palestinians from their land.

The Egyptian-crafted alternative to Trump's widely condemned takeover proposes to rebuild the Gaza Strip under the future administration of the Palestinian Authority.