Ben Gvir After Announcing the Humanitarian Ceasefire: "It Became Clear That the Alternative Option for Releasing Hostages is to Surrender to Hamas and Its False Campaigns"

Translation by SadaNews - Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stated in a statement yesterday: "On Saturday evening, an official from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office informed me that a security consultation was held without me during Saturday (officiating reason: 'so we do not desecrate the Sabbath' - even though they know well that I, as Minister of National Security, am available on Saturday for any important event or security consultation) in which it was decided to increase the amount of 'humanitarian' assistance entering Gaza."

He added, I informed the official, on behalf of the office, that this is a surrender to Hamas's false campaign, which endangers Israeli soldiers, and that this surrender is much more dangerous after the Prime Minister said on Friday: 'We will consider alternative ways to release the hostages.'

He said, it became clear that the "alternative path" is to surrender to Hamas and its false campaigns, and to increase the humanitarian aid reaching it directly. This path distances the release of the hostages, and especially moves away from full victory in the war - Translation by SadaNews

Ben Gvir claimed that the only way to win the war and return the hostages is to completely halt the "humanitarian" assistance, fully occupy the Gaza Strip, and encourage voluntary migration.