Storm in Israel over the words of minister Amihai Eliyahuwho talked about the possibility of using it Atomic bomb To Gaza in the war against Hamas. An exit that prompted the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend him from all government meetings indefinitely.
“The atomic bomb in Gaza is a possibility”
In an interview on Kol Barma radio, Israeli Minister of Jewish Tradition Amihai Eliyahu stated that the use of the atomic bomb on Gaza “one of the possibilities” in The Field.
“In Gaza There are no bystanders“With Hamas,” the minister said, justifying his opposition to the provision of humanitarian aid to the population of the Gaza Strip. “So should we drop a nuclear bomb on all of Gaza?” he was asked. And he replied, “That’s one of the possibilities.”
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And when it was pointed out to him that there were 240 in Gaza Israeli hostages kidnapped, he replied: “We pray and hope for their return, but In war there are also prizes“.
Netanyahu suspends Minister Eliyahu
What the minister said quickly spread throughout Israel and the world. As the Times of Israel reported, Eliyahu tried to rectify the situation in the hours that followed, saying on social media that the comment about the atomic bomb was “metaphorically“.
Words that, however, did not convince the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuwho immediately distanced himself from his government member and did so exposed excluded from all board meetings until further notice.
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“The words of Elijah are outrageous and unrealistic. “Our armed forces operate on the basis of international law not to harm innocent people,” Netanyahu said.
Who is Israeli Minister Amihai Eliyahu?
Amihai Eliyahu is originally from Jerusalem and is 44 years old. He is a member of the party of extreme right The Israeli Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) led by Itamar Ben Gvir.
He was elected to the Israeli Parliament for the first time in the 2022 elections and was appointed Minister of Jewish Tradition by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December 2022.
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