Arab foreign ministers have met behind closed doors in Cairo ahead of an extraordinary Arab League summit focused on a plan to counter US President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza and expel its residents.

The ministers held a “preparatory and consultative” session centred on an Arab plan to reconstruct the battered enclave without displacing its 2.4 million residents, a source at the Arab League told AFP, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

The meeting was closed to the press, the source said, adding that the plan “would be presented to Arab leaders at Tuesday’s summit for approval”.

Ahead of the session, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate meetings with Arab counterparts, including from Jordan, Bahrain, Tunisia, Iraq and Yemen, as well as the Palestinian top diplomat.

During the meetings, Abdelatty called for “moving forward with early recovery projects” in Gaza without displacing Palestinians, an Egyptian foreign ministry statement said.