Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday once again praised US President Donald Trump's proposal to seize the Gaza Strip and displace its population, calling it "revolutionary", upon his return to Israel from a visit to Washington.

Netanyahu said the two allies agreed to "ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel... President Trump has come out with a completely different and much better vision for Israel, a revolutionary and creative approach," noting that Trump is "determined to implement his plan" and stressing that the visit had achieved "tremendous accomplishments."

In an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu said that the plan "is not about forced evacuation or ethnic cleansing" of the residents of the Strip, adding: "Everyone describes Gaza as the largest open prison in the world because people are not allowed to leave... Their numbers are increasing, their population density is increasing, their misery is increasing, and they are repeatedly under the control of terrorists."

“Why are you keeping them in prison?” he asked indignantly. “All President Trump says is, ‘I want to open the gate and give them the option to move temporarily while we rebuild the place and remove the terrorism.’”

The Israeli Prime Minister also noted that Trump "never said he wanted American forces to do the job, but we will do the job... Hamas attacked us. We will deal with them."

He also denied that funding for Trump's proposed plan would come from "American taxpayer money," adding: "Trump has said he will get independent funding, and I'm sure he will."

This came after US President Donald Trump announced that his country was considering seizing the Gaza Strip and transferring its people to other safer places, including Jordan and Egypt, noting that the two countries have opposed, more than once and over the years, plans to displace the Palestinians.

The Israeli Prime Minister returned to confirm that the US President's proposal is good and a new idea that has not been proposed before.

It is worth noting that this forced displacement of the Palestinian sector constitutes a violation of international law, and has met with strong opposition not only in the region but also from Washington's Western allies.