Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Israel will stop fighting only when Syria is “dismantled”, Hezbollah is “severely beaten”, Iran is stripped of its nuclear programme, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza are “on their way out” of the enclave, and the Israeli captives are returned, Al Jazeera reports.

“We will continue to debate among ourselves — about policy plans, about recruitment issues, about identity issues and also about economic issues. There can be no dispute about the destruction of the enemy,” The Times of Israel reported, quoting Smotrich.

He said Netanyahu does “not have the mandate to miss the window of opportunity”.

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