Be -Gvi
calls
fo
mo e
Gaza
killi gs
Is aeli
atio al
secu ity
mi iste
Itama
Be -Gvi ,
a
lawmake
i
P ime
Mi iste
Be jami
Neta yahu’s
coalitio ,
publicly
called
fo
the
killi g
of
“30
to
40”
people
i
Gaza
each
ight,
i
comme ts
that
su faced
o
Su day.“It’s
o
sec et,
I
disag ee
with
the
p ime
mi iste ,”
he
said.
“I
thi k
ta geted
assassi atio s
should
be
ca ied
out
i
Gaza,
taki g
dow
30
to
40
eve y
ight.
Not
just
those
who
pose
a
immediate
th eat
—
the e
a e
people
the e
who
a e
ot
wo thy
of
life.
They
should ’t
live.
They’ e
ot
eve
people.”Be -Gvi
made
the
ema ks
du i g
a
co ve satio
with
Rom
B aslavski,
a
fo me
Gaza
hostage,
o
B aslavski’s
podcast.
The
discussio
ce t ed
o
Is ael’s
ecove y
f om
the
Octobe
7,
2023,
Hamas
attack,
whe
Be -Gvi
c iticised
what
he
desc ibed
as
a
ece t
eductio
i
Is aeli
st ikes
o
Gaza.Simila
ema ks
by
Be -Gvi
a d
othe
Is aeli
officials
have
p eviously
d aw
widesp ead
co dem atio
a d
have
bee
cited
at
the
UN’s
I te atio al
Cou t
of
Justice
as
evide ce
of
alleged
ge ocidal
i te t.
Is ael
has
de ied
allegatio s
that
it
is
committi g
ge ocide
i
Gaza.
Be -Gvi
does
ot
co t ol
Is ael’s
milita y
a d
has
o
autho ity
to
o de
st ikes
o
Gaza.
Howeve ,
afte
spe di g
decades
o
the
fa – ight
f i ges
of
Is aeli
politics,
he
has
eme ged
as
o e
of
the
cou t y’s
most
i flue tial
figu es.He
ove sees
key
pa ts
of
Is ael’s
secu ity
appa atus,
i cludi g
the
atio al
police
a d
the
p iso
se vice,
which
holds
thousa ds
of
Palesti ia s
f om
Gaza
a d
the
West
Ba k.
Be -Gvi
has
p eviously
boasted
about
educi g
food
atio s
fo
Palesti ia
p iso e s.I
2025,
Is ael’s
top
cou t
uled
that
the
p iso
se vice
u de
his
leade ship
was
dep ivi g
Palesti ia
i mates
of
the
mi imum
food
equi ed
fo
subsiste ce.U til
ece tly,
Is ael
had
bee
ca yi g
out
ea -daily
st ikes
o
Gaza,
with
mo e
tha
1,250
people
killed
si ce
a
Octobe
t uce
took
effect,
acco di g
to
Gaza’s
health
mi ist y.The
Is aeli
milita y
says
the
st ikes
have
ta geted
Hamas
milita ts.
The
attacks
appea ed
to
ease
i
ece t
days
i
what
was
see
as
a
quiet
co cessio
to
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump,
afte
P ime
Mi iste
Be jami
Neta yahu
ejected
the
p eside t’s
latest
push
to
adva ce
the
t uce,
as
cited
by
ews
age cy
AP.T ump’s
latest
p oposal
calls
fo
Hamas
to
g adually
su e de
its
weapo s,
while
Is aeli
fo ces
halt
attacks
a d
begi
withd awi g
f om
Gaza.Hamas
has
accepted
the
pla ,
but
has
tied
the
su e de
of
its
heaviest
weapo s
to
the
establishme t
of
a
Palesti ia
state,
a
p ospect
fi mly
ejected
by
Is ael’s
cu e t
gove me t
a d
much
of
its
political
establishme t.Neta yahu
has
said
Is ael
will
ot
withd aw
f om
Gaza
o
alte
its
positio
u til
Hamas
is
completely
disa med.
The
deadlock
has
left
othe
eleme ts
of
the
p oposed
ceasefi e,
i cludi g
the
deployme t
of
a
i te atio al
fo ce
a d
pla s
to
ebuild
the
wa – avaged
te ito y,
o
hold.