DEIR AL-BALAH, March 8 -- Foreign ministers from Muslim countries on Saturday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to remove Gaza's Palestinian population and supported a plan to establish an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the region, enabling reconstruction efforts to proceed.

The ministers convened in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for a special session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the Gaza situation, at a time when the seven-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seemed uncertain, reports AP.

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