The US State Department has said that an Egyptian-led plan for Gaza did not meet the expectations of President Donald Trump, who has proposed mass displacement of Palestinians from the war-battered territory, AFP reports.

The proposed deal “does not fulfill the requirements, the nature, of what President Trump was asking for”, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters.

“It does not meet the expectations,” she said.

She spoke shortly after Trump’s point man on the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, gave a more positive spin on the Egyptian-led diplomacy, without endorsing the details.

“We need more discussion about it, but it’s a good-faith first step from the Egyptians,” Witkoff told reporters at the White House.