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Ben Gvir says resumption of aid to Gaza is a ‘serious and grave mistake’
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir condemns Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to resume the provision of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, arguing that supplies will make their way into the hands of Hamas.
“The decision, made last night in a hurry, to resume aid to all parts of the Gaza Strip, is a serious and grave mistake. The truth must be told to the public in the State of Israel: This aid, which is reaching all parts of the Gaza Strip, will also reach the hands of Hamas,” Ben Gvir says in a video statement taped at the beginning of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party’s weekly faction meeting.
“This is why they refused my request for a vote. They knew I had a majority to overturn this vote. For the past few months, I have strongly opposed bringing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. It must be explained to President Trump that this humanitarian aid is endangering the lives of our soldiers. We must not give oxygen to our enemies,” he says.
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