The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Israeli officials led by strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer have sounded out the governments of Somalia and Sudan, countries wracked by civil war, while US diplomats have been in contact with the breakaway province of Somaliland,

The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for