Gaza will soon be “completely destroyed” and emptied of the millions of Palestinians still living there, a far right Israeli minister has vowed, a day after Israel’s cabinet approved a plan to capture the enclave and occupy it indefinitely.
Israeli security minister Bezalel Smotrich, speaking at the “settlements conference” in the illegal West Bank settlement of Ofra, said Israel is within months of declaring victory in the Strip, which is suffering from a two-month blockade of aid.
