The emerging Arab plan is likely to call for Palestinian technocrats to govern Gaza and billions to be spent on reconstruction, without removing Gazan residents.

Taking over the enclave, forcing Palestinians to leave and preventing them from returning would be clear violations of international law, experts say.

Arab states who were swift to reject President Donald Trump's plan for the U.S. to take control of Gaza and resettle its Palestinians are scrambling to agree on a diplomatic offensive to counter the idea,