Slamming Netanyahu, Ben Gvir says no vote held on moves to boost aid deliveries to Gaza

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir hits out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the latter’s office announced that ministers okayed a series of measures to immediately boost aid deliveries to Gaza.

Ben Gvir says the government did not vote on the matter and calls the statement from the Prime Minister’s Office “incorrect.” The statement from Netanyahu’s office said the government authorized the premier and other members of the war cabinet to take the steps, but not that a vote was held.

“Ben Gvir and others opposed the proposal and it’s regrettable that the prime minister refrained from bringing it to a vote,” the far-right minister says in a statement.

He also calls to stop allowing aid into Gaza, claiming it’s “the correct way” to return the hostages taken during Hamas’s October 7 attack.

“It’s too bad that instead of entering Rafah, there are those who prefer to deal with sending equipment to Gaza that directly reaches Hamas,” Ben Gvir continues. “We must enter Rafah now!”