Trump reiterates wish to move Gazans

US President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his desire to move Palestinians from Gaza to "safer" locations such as Egypt or Jordan, and said he would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington "very soon".

The president on Saturday floated the idea to "clean out" Gaza after more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas had reduced the Palestinian territory to a "demolition site".

Asked about those comments, Trump told reporters Monday evening on Air Force One he would "like to get them living in an area where they can live without disruption and revolution and violence so much."

"You know, when you look at the Gaza Strip, it's been hell for so many years... there's always been violence associated with it," he said.

When pressed on what that would mean for a two-state solution, he said he would be meeting with Netanyahu "in the not too distant future". "He's coming here to meet with me," he said.