Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has dismissed remarks made by US Vice President and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris about the situation in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“There will be no truce, Madam Candidate,” Ben-Gvir wrote on X.

He was responding to Harris, who said after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that she would “not be silent” about the “suffering” in Gaza.

Ben-Gvir’s message came after Israeli Economy Minister Bezalel Smotrich said this morning that Harris’s push for a ceasefire proves that the deal is about “surrendering to [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar”.

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