Ben Gvir lashes out at Netanyahu for not resuming full-scale war on Gaza

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not returning to what he called “full-scale war” in Gaza, after the Israeli army said it would resume the ceasefire.

“Once again, Hamas murders one of our soldiers during a ‘ceasefire,’ and once again, the Prime Minister chooses to conclude the incident with a ‘measured response’ and an immediate return to the ceasefire, while continuing to allow in ‘humanitarian’ aid, instead of returning to full-scale war and striving to quickly achieve the primary goal: the destruction of Hamas,” Ben-Gvir wrote on X.

He warned that if Netanyahu abandons the aim of dismantling Hamas, “the government will have no right to exist".