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Bezalel Smotrich calls for Gaza to be ‘annihilated’

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Gaza to be “annihilated”, describing it as a terrorist entity inhabited by 1.8 million “Nazis”. The far-right leader also claimed Israeli control over Gaza, according to Expresso das Ilhas.

The Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, called for Gaza to be “annihilated”, describing it as a “terrorist entity” inhabited by “1.8 million Nazis”. He was speaking at a public rally, according to Expresso das Ilhas.

Bezalel Smotrich also leads the Religious Zionist Party, an Israeli far-right party. He said he was not advocating genocide, while calling for Gaza to be destroyed because of its population and, in his view, its political status.

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