Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu government's culture minister Amichai Eliyahu has suggested dropping nuclear bombs on the Gaza Strip amid conflict with Hamas. After this suggestion, the Netanyahu government has come under severe criticism.
In the face of controversy, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the minister not to participate in the cabinet meeting. The Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday (November 5) that Culture Minister Amichai Iliyahu has been suspended from the Cabinet meeting until further notice.
Amichai is a staunch nationalist politician. As part of Netanyahu's coalition government, he was appointed Minister of Culture. After the start of the Israel-Palestine conflict, he has already made many extremely controversial comments. Finally, he suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Gaza.
In an interview given to Kol Barama Radio recently, this Israeli minister said that he is "not completely satisfied" with the level of attacks Israel is carrying out in the Palestinian territories in response to Hamas operations.
In response to the presenter's question whether a weapon like nuclear bombs will be used to "kill everyone" in Gaza, he said, "That is one of the options."
According to the report of the Times of Israel, this is Amichai Eliyahu, one of the leaders of the radical right-wing party of Itamar Ben Gvir, a hardline religious leader and Minister of National Security Affairs of Benjamin's government.
In an interview with Kola Baram Radio, he also opposed humanitarian aid to Gaza. He said, "We cannot hand over humanitarian aid to the Nazis." All the people there should be taken and left on an island or a desert.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to criticize the Cabinet Minister for Culture's comments. Calling the minister's statement as 'beyond reality', he said, 'The Israeli army (IDF) in Gaza is conducting operations in accordance with international law.'
Israel has been carrying out brutal attacks and massacres in the Gaza Strip for more than a month. Their attacks have killed 9,500 Palestinians so far. More than half of them are women and children.
Besides, about 8,500 residential buildings and 40,000 housing units were destroyed. These include 55 mosques, three universities, three churches and five buildings of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
In addition, 105 medical institutions, 16 hospitals, 32 first aid centers and 27 ambulances were damaged in the health care sector by Israeli aggression. 88 government headquarters and 220 schools were damaged besides 220,000 other units.
Gazans rely on horse-drawn carriages for lack of fuel
A lack of fuel has stopped modern traffic in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Ambulance is not available for emergencies. As a result, the residents are forced to travel by horse carts and animal carts.
Gazans do not want to live this life of terrible suffering. They are requesting the outside world to extend a helping hand.
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