Washington, Feb. 7 -- The White House has said that President Donald Trump had not committed any funds for his proposal for the US to take over Gaza or deploy troops there for that purpose. Senior officials of the Trump administration also sought to make clear President Trump was not talking about indefinitely occupying Gaza as he seemed to have suggested in a news conference on Tuesday alongside visiting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"The President has not committed to putting boots on the ground in Gaza," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the daily briefing. "He has also said that the United States is not going to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza. His administration is going to work with our partners in t...