Leaders of Gulf states were meeting with their Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts to strategize before a broader Arab summit early next month.

Arab leaders are set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to US President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza, expel its Palestinian population and turn it into a Middle Eastern “Riviera.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is striving to rally fellow Arab leaders around a plan for postwar Gaza that would serve as an alternative to proposals put forward by US President Donald Trump,