Thousands of people demonstrated at the Rafah border crossing on Friday, an eyewitness told Reuters, in a rare state-sanctioned protest against a proposal earlier this week by U.S. President Donald Trump for Egypt and Jordan to accept Gazan refugees.

Donald Trump has ratcheted up the pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinians from Gaza, raising the prospect that the US president could use substantial aid as leverage for his idea of resettling people from the shattered enclave.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is being met with a hard “no” from the two U.S. allies

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II rejected on Wednesday any forced displacement of Gazans after US President Donald Trump floated an idea to move Palestinians from the territory.

US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that Egypt and Jordan would take in displaced Gazans, despite the two Arab nations dismissing his plan to move Palestinians from the territory. After an Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect on January 19,