Heritage minister Amihai Eliyahu is reportedly suspended by Netanyahu from cabinet meetings after making comments
Israel-Hamas war: A Palestinian man shows a leaflet dropped by the Israeli army over Gaza City telling people to evacuate to the south. Photograph: BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty ImagesAn Israeli minister has said Palestinians should ‘go to Ireland or the deserts’ and that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza is an option, as the
It quotes him saying that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip “is one of the possibilities”, and that humanitarian aid to the population should be restricted, saying “we wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid. There is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.
Asked about Mr Eliyahu’s comments, the Israeli embassy in Dublin said: “The minister’s comments do not represent the views of the Israeli government, and he was suspended from government meetings. Israel is currently fighting Hamas in order to bring back the hostages and eliminate the threat from Hamas on our population.”
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