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Ben Gvir mocked by colleagues for overzealous demands in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
In a security cabinet meeting last night on Israel’s next steps in Gaza, ministers pushed to impose harsher measures on the Palestinian enclave while taunting National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for his unrealistic demands, Channel 12 reports.
The far-right minister called for all electricity to Gaza to be cut off, reportedly telling the cabinet, “We must black out all the electric lines in Gaza.”
According to the report, Major General Ghassan Alian, the head of COGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories), informed him that Israel is no longer giving any electricity to Gaza, and residents are using generators.
Ben Gvir then called for Israel to take out Gaza’s generators and internal electric wires in order to “turn their lights out.”
National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi mocked Ben Gvir, according to Channel 12, telling Alian that he should “turn off the sun.”
“He wants to give them the plague of darkness before Passover,” added Transportation Minister Miri Regev.
On March 9, Energy Minister Eli Cohen instructed the Israel Electric Corporation to immediately cut off the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip, in an apparent bid to pile pressure on Hamas.
The Times of Israel Community.