Former Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for Israel to bomb aid that entered Gaza before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut off deliveries and announced a full siege on Sunday.
“The government must also order the bombing of the aid stockpiles that have accumulated in Gaza in enormous quantities during and before the ceasefire, alongside a complete halt of electricity and water,” Ben Gvir, leader of the Jewish Power party in the Knesset, wrote on X on Monday.
Israeli media has reported that the Israeli government is considering also cutting electricity and water to Gaza as part of a “hell plan” to prepare for resuming the genocidal war on the territory. The US has backed Israel’s decision to impose the siege on aid entering Gaza and punish the Strip’s civilian population.
Ben Gvir, who recently quit Netanyahu’s government over the ceasefire deal, said it was necessary to “bring about the starvation of Hamas terrorists before resuming combat, so that we can later crush them with ease.”
Ben Gvir is an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the establishment of Jewish settlements in the territory. He has welcomed President Trump’s calls for the expulsion of Palestinians and has said that if the plan is implemented, his party could rejoin the government.
Israel has broken the original hostage and ceasefire deal that it agreed to and is now calling on Hamas to accept a last-minute proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire. Under the initial deal, Israel committed to withdrawing from Gaza after the end of the first phase but has refused to do so.
Israel has also refused to enter negotiations on implementing the second phase of the deal, which was supposed to involve a commitment to a permanent ceasefire. For their part, Hamas is calling for a full implementation of the original deal.
