US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it as ethnic cleansing and warning of regional chaos.

Egypt and Jordan have rejected the president's proposal to remove Palestinian refugees from Gaza and send them to neighboring countries.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi reaffirmed Jordan's position against forced displacement of Palestinian refugees in a joint press conference on Sunday. He followed up in an interview with Sky News Arabia that“Jordan cannot accept being an alternative homeland for the Palestinians.”

Jordanian officials have immediately rejected President Trump’s proposal to “clean out” Gaza by sending more than a million Palestinian refugees to Jordan and Egypt. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Sunday that the kingdom in Amman condemns Trump’s plan and that under no condition would it accept the Palestinians displaced by more than 15 months of war with Israel.

But the UN's special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, denounced the statements by both Trump and Smotrich, saying: "Ethnic cleansing is anything but an 'out-of the box' thinking, no matter how one packages it. It is illegal, immoral and irresponsible."

Jordan reiterated its rejection of the resettlement of Palestinians on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump's call to “clean out” the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military said Thursday that the two men barricaded themselves in a structure in the West Bank village of Burqin and exchanged fire with Israeli troops before they were killed overnight. The army said a soldier was moderately wounded.

Trump says relocation may be temporary or long-term as he announces lifting of hold on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Ayman Safadi said on Sunday that Jordan was not part of arrangements for the Gaza prisoner swap deal, which the Kingdom has supported,

President Donald Trump's push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with the Amman government and perplexed a congressional ally. Trump nonetheless planned to discuss the idea more on Sunday with Egypt's leader.

Jordan and Egypt reiterated their rejection of the resettlement of Palestinians on Sunday after US President Donald Trump's call to “clean out” the Gaza Strip.