US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff appear to soften aspects of Trump's plan for Gaza, insisting it would be temporary. Rubio states that the move would only be temporary and that the US would provide assistance with debris removal, munitions removal, and reconstruction. Witkoff tells Republican senators that Trump does not want to put any US troops on the ground or spend any US dollars on Gaza. The administration had been working on this plan for some time.