Former Israeli national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, has urged his country to resume its campaign against Hamas in Gaza and destroy the terror group.
Gvir made the plea after Hamas’ lastest decision to postpone the hostage-prisoner exchange scheduled for this week Saturday.
He urged Israel to carry out “a massive assault on Gaza, from the air and land, alongside a complete stop to humanitarian aid to the Strip.
In a post on X on Monday, Gvir said:
“The response to Hamas’s statement must be one in reality: a massive fire attack on Gaza, from the air and land, alongside a complete halt of humanitarian aid to the Strip, including electricity, fuel, and water, and including bombing the aid packages that have already been brought in and are in Hamas’s hands in Gaza.
“We must return to war and destroy!”
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, had ordered the army to remain on ‘highest alert’ in Gaza and to defend Israeli towns after Hamas’ decision to postpone the release of Israeli hostages.
Katz also described Hamas’ decision as a complete breach of the ceasefire agreement and the hostage release deal.
News360 Info reports that Israel has recovered 16 of the 33 hostages scheduled for release, including the five Thai hostages who were released without prior arrangements.
In return, Israel has also released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including those serving life sentences for attacks that resulted in Israeli fatalities.
