bbc verify�*s nick eardley has spoken to international law experts to understand if the us has the authority so. can president trump really take ownership of gaza and turn it into the riviera of the middle east? the us will take over the gaza strip and we will do a job with it. we will own it. this is the area we're talking about, the gaza strip on the mediterranean. it's around 25 miles long and roughly six miles wide. around two million palestinians live there, most of whom have hamas and israel. a huge amount of damage has been done to infrastructure over the past 15 months too. but could gaza end up under us ownership as part of a reconstruction plan? the short answer is the experts we spoke to think such a plan would involve clear violations of international law. firstly, under article 2.4 of the un charter, the use of force is illegal. members agree to refrain in international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. the idea that this would benefit the population of gaza or another population is legally complet

the governmentjust don't recognise the immediate bbc verify�*s nick eardley has spoken to internationalover the gaza strip and we we will own it. this is the area we are talking about, the strip the short answer is the experts we spoke to think such a plan of force is illegal. members agreed to refrain in international relations integrity or political independence of any state. meaningless. it's hard to see a situation in which donald trump could get agreement from leaders in gaza. including the us and uk. hamas made it clear they won't agree to a takeover, calling the plan ridiculous. authority which governs part of the occupied west bank. the leaders currently say no. the geneva convention, a set of international laws, prohibit here is article 49. territories. regardless of their motive. it's a violation of rules which have been created by states, and it is a violation of international agreements which prohibit the forced displacement of people. it's also not clear where any displaced people would go. egypt and other nearby countries, but arab there is little sign of that today — the

bbc verify�*s nick eardley has spoken to international law experts to understand if the us has the authoritytake over the gaza strip and we will do a job with it. we will own it. this is the area we are talking about, the strip on the mediterranean. around 25 miles long and roughly six miles wide. around two million housed in a sliver, most of whom have around 2 million palestinians live there. most of whom have been displaced internally by the war between hamas and israel. a huge amount of damage has been done to infrastructure over the past 15 months. but could gaza end up under us ownership as part of a reconstruction plan? the short answer is the experts we spoke to think such a plan would involve clear violations of international law. firstly, article 2.4 of the un charter says the use of force is illegal. members agreed to refrain in international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. the idea that this would benefit the population of gaza or another population is legally completely meaningless. it is simply