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After the ultra-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (43), the right-wing extremist Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (47) has also called for a return of Jewish settlers to the Gaza Strip. The withdrawal of the Palestinians and the restoration of Israeli settlements is “a correct, just, moral and humane solution,” Ben Gvir said at a meeting of his Jewish Force party on Monday.
“This is an opportunity to develop a project that encourages Gazans to emigrate to other countries in the world,” said Ben Gvir. Both Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party, and Ben Gvir live in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Hamas condemns Israeli ‘daydream’
The radical Islamic Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, dismissed Ben Gvir’s statements as a “daydream”. “They will not find a way to implement it in the face of our resilient, steadfast Palestinian people and their heroic resistance,” the Islamist group said.
Israel withdrew completely from the Gaza Strip in 2005, after 38 years of occupation. The radical Islamic Hamas emerged victorious in the elections held there a year later. After armed clashes with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s (88) rival secular Fatah, the country finally took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
Massacre with serious consequences
On October 7, hundreds of fighters from Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the EU and the US, entered Israel and committed atrocities, mainly against civilians. According to Israeli information, around 1,140 people were killed and around 250 others taken hostage in the Gaza Strip, of which 129 are believed to still be in Hamas hands.
Israel has since bombed targets in the Gaza Strip and launched a ground offensive. The Hamas-led Health Ministry said on Monday that at least 21,978 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. The information cannot be independently verified. (AFP)
Source: Blick
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