President Donald Trump "often used the word 'violent,' so I like that word," said Smotrich. "It will be very violent, forceful and quick."
The Israel Defense Forces is preparing plans for “a renewed occupation of Gaza and the dismantling of Hamas,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a member of Jerusalem’s Security Cabinet, told JNS on Monday. “We will be ready,” Smotrich said, speaking with JNS following a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism Party at the Knesset. “Now we have no hostages there and there are far fewer restrictions: fast, sharp, resolute,” he said.
President Donald Trump “often used the word ‘violent,’ so I like that word,” Smotrich continued. “It will be very violent, forceful and quick.”Smotrich spoke as Israel counted down to a deadline set by Trump for Hamas to return the remaining 13 bodies of slain Israeli hostages they have failed to return under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.
On Tuesday, Smotrich called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately freeze the deal amid reports that Hamas had not returned the body of the 16th slain hostage as it committed to, instead substituting remains that belonged to a previously released captive. “In light of the repeated violations of the ceasefire terms by Hamas and the exploitation of the first phase of the ceasefire,” Smotrich urged the premier to immediately convene the Cabinet to decide on a response. (Read More)
