Netanyahu embraces Trump’s plan to let Gazans leave voluntarily

Feb. 6, 2025: 6:30 p.m.:

Netanyahu embraces Trump’s plan to let Gazans leave voluntarily

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes there’s nothing wrong with letting Palestinians leave Gaza of their own free will.

“The actual idea of allowing Gazans who want to leave to leave. I mean, what’s wrong with that? They can leave, they can then come back, they can relocate and come back. But you have to rebuild Gaza,” Netanyahu said in a Wednesday Sean Hannity interview on Fox News picked up by The Jerusalem Post.

Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the IDF on Thursday to prepare a plan for any Gazans wanting to leave.

“The plan will include exit options through land crossings as well as special arrangements for departure by sea and air,” Katz told The Jerusalem Post.

However, Gazans haven’t been especially willing to respond to that offer.