Hamas must have no role in the Gaza Strip, a group of European nations said Wednesday after a UN Security Council meeting on the future of the enclave.

The meeting discussed a plan adopted Tuesday by Arab countries to rebuild Gaza and place it under the Palestinian Authority, an alternative to US President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take control of the territory and resettle its residents elsewhere.

Speaking on behalf of France, Britain, Denmark, Greece and Slovenia, French diplomat Jay Dharmadhikari said the final plan should neither allow Hamas to continue governing Gaza nor displace the Palestinians who live there.

“We are clear that any plan must have no role for Hamas, must ensure Israel’s security, must not displace Palestinians from Gaza,” said Dharmadhikari, France’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.

It should also “support the unity of the West Bank and Gaza under the Palestinian Authority’s mandate,” he told journalists, adding that European countries are ready to support and further develop those plans.

Arab League nations meeting in Cairo called on Tuesday to unite Palestinians under the Palestine Liberation Organization, which does not include Hamas.

Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, who introduced the proposal, said the plan would enlist independent Palestinian technocrats unaffiliated with Hamas to run the Strip in the war’s immediate aftermath. They would be responsible for the oversight of humanitarian aid and managing the Strip’s affairs for a temporary period, in preparation for the return of the Palestinian Authority.

In a statement, Hamas said it welcomed the plan as well as the formation of the Palestinian committee, while the Trump administration and Israel rejected the proposal.

The participating Arab countries were apparently split over how quickly the terror group should be phased out from power.

The UAE, which sees Hamas and other Islamists as an existential threat, wants an immediate and complete disarmament of the terror group, while other Arab countries advocate a gradual approach, a source close to the matter told Reuters.

Dharmadhikari also urged Israel to immediately let humanitarian aid flow into Gaza on a massive scale, saying that point was “non-negotiable.”

Israel announced Sunday it was blocking aid deliveries to Gaza until Hamas accepts its terms for an extension of the lapsed first phase of the ceasefire which the two sides began on January 19.