On the one hand, ethnic cleansing is a terrible practice.
On the other, rarely has a leader made so plain (whether sincerely or as excuse) that another polity's civilians must suffer and die for a cause the foreign leader supports, whatever the views and preferences of the people doomed to suffer.
Which is also disagreeable. I don't know which is worse.
cf https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rafah-border-gaza-egypt-israel-1.6994234
Text: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for access through Rafah in a speech on Thursday. He also pushed back against letting in large numbers of Palestinians. "The threat there is significant because it means the liquidation of this [Palestinian] cause," el- Sisi said. "It's important for its people to stay steadfast and exist on its land."