Middle East, Israel Minister: ‘Aid blockade in the right direction’

Milan, 2 Mar. (LaPresse) – Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of an extreme right-wing party crucial to keeping the government in power, welcomed the decision to suspend humanitarian aid to Gaza. This was reported by al Jazeera. Smotrich also called for a resumption of fighting ‘until total victory’ against Hamas.‘The decision to completely stop humanitarian aid from entering Gaza until Hamas is destroyed or surrenders completely and all our hostages are freed is an important step in the right direction,’ he wrote on Telegram. The Israeli army should ‘open the gates of hell as quickly and violently as possible against the ruthless enemy, until total victory’.