Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said there will be no ceasefire deal with Hamas and no humanitarian aid will enter the war-torn enclave where some two million people are facing starvation, Al Jazeera reports.
Posting on social media, Ben-Gvir said “Hamas will not set conditions”.
“It will surrender to them,” he said.
“No deal, no ceasefire, no aid — just continued fighting until [Hamas] are defeated in Gaza,” he wrote.
Ben-Gvir also called for increasing the “pressure” as aid agencies warn that conditions for the survival of Palestinians in Gaza are deteriorating due to a nearly 50-day blockade by Israeli forces on all humanitarian supplies — including food, medicine, fuel and water — from entering the war-torn enclave.
“Exert all the power and might — until Hamas begs on its knees. Until complete victory,” Ben-Gvir wrote, a day after Israel’s defence minister said it was a state policy to starve Gaza in order to force Hamas to capitulate.
