Israeli Security Minister Threatens To Leave Coalition If War Against Hamas Is Not Continued With Full Strength

Itamar Ben Gvir. (Twitter/@itamarbengvir)

JAKARTA - National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir criticized the government's way of dealing with the war against Hamas, repeated his demands that terrorists be executed and stated he would not be in the coalition, if the military offensive was not followed up with full force.

Emphasizing the Hamas militant group was still unaffected after 73 days of war, Ben Gvir objected to the government's decision to allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip, telling reporters at the right-wing faction Otzma Baddit meeting on Knesset, "You can't bring in 200 fuel trucks, you don't need to transfer money to any officials," he said.

"You shouldn't pause for a moment and don't let our enemies set a surprising condition for the release of the hostages," he stressed, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "follow the way Ben Gvir and not (the leader of the Benny National Unity Party) Gantz."

"Every day the hostages are not returned, we have to kill (the fighters) of other Nukbha," he said, referring to the elite Hamas troops who participated in the atrocities of October 7.

"They fired rockets from the humanitarian evacuation area, they opened fire on our soldiers, and we continued humanitarian action and humanitarian action. Time to make decisions has come," he said.

Ben Gvir previously threatened to bring down the government during a temporary ceasefire last month, declaring "stopping the war is the same as destroying the government."

It is known, Ben Gvir has also repeatedly advised Israel to execute the Hamas terrorist, a policy opposed by the families of the hostages, warning the move would harm their loved ones detained in Gaza.