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Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has said it is “justified and moral” to let two million civilians in Gaza die of hunger unless Israeli hostages are returned. Speaking at a press conference in Israel, Smotrich complained that international pressure meant the government had “no choice” but to bring in aid. The far-right politician argued that the main factor extending the war was aid sustaining Hamas, and that the Israeli government must regain full control over what enters Gaza.
He criticised defence secretary Yoav Gallant and the military for their willingness to let supplies in to the besieged territory and implied the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should intervene and force a change of policy. “I don’t know if the prime minister doesn’t want to or isn’t managing to rein them in,” he said. “Nobody will let us cause two million civilians to die of hunger even though it might be justified and moral until our hostages are returned,” said Smotrich.
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