US President Donald Trump has reiterated his plan for the United States to take control of Gaza and deport Palestinians from it, saying he is "committed to buying and owning Gaza" and ensuring that Hamas does not return there.

This came in a new statement by Trump on Sunday evening, aboard Air Force One, as he was en route to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl, the most prominent sporting event in the American Football League.

"I am committed to buying and owning Gaza," Trump said. "As far as rebuilding it, we may give it to other countries in the Middle East to build parts of it, and other individuals may do so under our supervision."

Trump reiterated that the Gaza Strip is a "destroyed site" to which Palestinians cannot return, adding that "what is left will be demolished," while taking care of the Palestinians and ensuring that they live "in peace and harmony and that they will not be killed," after Gaza became "the most dangerous place in the world to live."

Asked if Washington would be willing to allow some Palestinian refugees into the United States, he ruled out the possibility, adding that he was open to considering individual requests.

Statements "reflect a deep ignorance of Palestine and the region"

For its part, Hamas condemned Trump's recent statements, which the movement described as "absurd" and "reflecting a deep ignorance of Palestine and the region."

In a statement published on its Telegram account, the movement stressed that Gaza "is not a property that can be bought and sold, and is an integral part of our occupied Palestinian land."

The statement added that dealing with the Palestinian issue with the mentality of a "real estate dealer" is nothing but a "recipe for failure," stressing that the Palestinians will work to thwart all displacement and deportation plans.

Hamas concluded its statement by saying that the people of Gaza will not leave Gaza unless they return to their cities and villages "occupied in 1948."

In the same context, the head of the political bureau of Hamas in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, said during a celebration of the 46th anniversary of the Iranian Islamic Revolution in Tehran, that the plans of the West, the United States and US President Donald Trump regarding the Gaza Strip "are doomed to failure, and we will bring them down as we brought down the projects that preceded them."

The Kremlin also said on Monday that it was awaiting more details about the US president's plan to buy the Gaza Strip.

Asked whether the Trump plan was acceptable to Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a virtual conference: “It is worth waiting for some details if we are talking about a coherent plan of action. We are talking about almost 1.2 million Palestinians living there, and this is probably the main dilemma.”

"These are the people who were promised by the relevant Security Council resolutions on a two-state solution to the Middle East problem, and so on. There are a lot of questions like that. We don't know the details yet, so we have to be patient," Peskov added.