Leaders of Gulf states met with their Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts to strategize before a broader Arab summit early next month.

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.

A meeting of Arab leaders in response to the US president's plan to take control of the Gaza Strip, due to be held in Riyadh on Thursday, has been postponed by a day.