Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out on Monday the safe movement of some 200 Palestinian terrorists from the Yellow Zone in Gaza, under the control of the Israel Defense Forces, to the territory ruled by Hamas, Channel 12 News reported.

This came on the back of an earlier report that Israel green-lit their safe passage under the condition they lay down their arms.

“The IDF chief of staff’s position is that these terrorists should be eliminated. Allowing their passage unarmed—only in exchange for the fallen hostages held [in Gaza],” Channel 12 cited anonymous senior IDF officials as saying.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich responded to the initial report on X, calling the move “complete madness” and appealing to the premier to prevent it.

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