Cairo, Feb. 10 -- Egypt condemned on Sunday recent remarks on Gaza by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to U.S. media, describing them as deliberate "misinformation" that contradicts the efforts Egypt has been making.

In an interview with Fox News aired on Saturday, Netanyahu said the reason why Gaza is described the "biggest open-air prison in the world" is that people are "not allowed to leave."

He also praised U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to forcibly displace and relocate Gaza's population to Jordan and Egypt, a proposal that has been strongly rejected by Arab countries.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Netanyahu's remarks denied the efforts that Egypt has been making to deliver urgent humani...