No country has yet agreed to accept Palestinians in their possible future resettlement from Gaza, Acting Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi has said, TASS reported on March 25.

The discussion about the potential resettlement of Gaza residents flared up again in early February 2025, when US President Donald Trump announced that Washington was considering relocating Palestinians from the enclave to other countries in the region. Previously, it was reported that the US had discussed the possibility of relocating Palestinians to Somalia, Somaliland and Sudan. The Syria option is now also being considered as well as Israel has already occupied land beyond the Golan Heights.

When asked whether Israel had contacted the authorities of these countries, Ben Zvi responded negatively.

"This is a project. Some of these countries said they haven't even received such an appeal. Some say they don't agree, and so on. There was such an idea regarding Jordan, for example. And regarding even more distant countries. But so far I don't see that anyone has really agreed and says: 'Let's do this'. I don't see that," he noted.

The diplomat pointed out that the US is most involved in this project, as Israel does not have straightforward relations with Syria, Somalia and Sudan.

"This is an issue that the United States has taken on. We weren't against it. That is, we are participating in this, but we are not directly negotiating," he said.

The comments come amid ongoing conflict in Gaza and increasing international debate about long-term solutions for Palestinian civilians affected by the war.

Earlier, American authorities attempted to establish contact with the new Turkish-backed Syrian regime through a third party believed to be the border area Druze. 

Attempts to relocate Palestinians have faced difficulties. Somalia's ambassador to the US, Dahir Hassan, noted that no official requests from the US or Israel regarding the reception of Palestinians had been received earlier this week.

He warned that spreading unverified information could enhance recruitment by extremist groups such as ISIS and Al-Shabaab, threatening regional security. The Sudanese government has not yet commented on these reports.

The current Syrian government, led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa, known as Mohammed al-Jolani, has been in power for only three months following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime and is also facing pressure from locals to stop Israel's advancements into its territory.