for Israeli and Palestinian states living side-by-side. It would also be a ???destabilisation factor (for) our close allies Egypt and Jordan???. Almost all of the Gaza Strip???s 2.4 million inhabitants have been displaced by the war that began with Palestinian militant group Hamas???s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. But a fragile ceasefire that came into force this month could boost permanent peace efforts. Trump on Monday expressed his desire to move Palestinians from Gaza to ???safer??? locations such as Egypt or Jordan. Trump had on Saturday floated the idea to ???clean out??? Gaza after the conflict, which he said had reduced the Palestinian territory to a ???demolition site.??? After jointly mediating the ceasefire with the United States and Egypt, Qatar on Tuesday said the two-state solution was ???the only path forward???. Egypt and Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas have also strongly opposed Trump???s proposal.

repatriation process is ongoing, while medical services provided to Palestinian nationals will continue as the government takes their welfare seriously. ???Coordination is being undertaken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence to liaise with the Egyptian government to facilitate the repatriation of Palestinian nationals,??? he told a press conference here today. Fahmi said the repatriation process and its timeline will be managed by the two ministries. ???Discussions are ongoing to determine whether repatriation will ultimately be through Egypt or another country. Further updates will be provided,??? he said. On Jan 5, the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) confirmed that the commotion involving Palestinian nationals at WTKL on Jan 4, which went viral on social media, was due to their eagerness to expedite their return to Palestine. This was the second such incident, following a similar occurrence in October last year, when some individuals expressed dissatisfaction about being housed at the shelter and restrictions on their movements. Following the incident, Palestinian Ambassador to Malaysia Walid Abu Ali apologised on behalf of the Palestinian nationals involved. On Aug 16 last year, Malaysia brought in 127 Palestinians, including 41 patients injured during Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. The patients were transferred to the Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital, while their relatives were accommodated at WTKL.

Forces confirmed that several Palestinians have caused a disturbance at WTKL over the issue of expediting their return to their home country. ALSO READ: Palestinians desperate to return to home country, stir up commotion at Wisma Transit - ATM The issue was efficiently resolved by 7.30pm on the same day. Last year on August 4, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced the government???s plan to bring in injured Palestinian civilians for medical treatment in Malaysia, with 127 Palestinians flown in from Egypt to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Subang Air Base on August 16 2024. Later in October 2024, a group of Palestine civilians from the 127 brought into the country reportedly caused a disturbance in WTKL over their request to leave the premises being denied.