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Saturday, February 8, 2025
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Saturday, February 8, 2025
Smotrich slams Hamas after hostage release: ‘Such evil must be eradicated from the face of the earth’
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich slams Hamas after the terror group releases three Israel hostages pale and malnourished.
“The sheer evil that the Nazis are committing in Gaza — we will never forget,” says Smotrich, who voted against the hostage release and ceasefire deal under which the abductees were released. He remains in the government.
“Such evil must be eradicated from the face of the earth.”
