Israel minister says dropping ‘nuclear bomb’ on Gaza is a ‘possibility’
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Amichai Eliyahu, Israel Minister of Heritage while voicing objection to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza said dropping ‘nuclear bomb’ was an ‘option’
Amichai Eliyahu, Israel Minister of Heritage while voicing objection to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza said dropping ‘nuclear bomb’ was an ‘option’
Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said on Sunday that dropping an “nuclear bomb” on the Gaza Strip is “an option,” according to local media.
Eliyahu, a minister from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, said that “one of Israel’s options in the war in Gaza is to drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip,” daily Times of Israel reported.
Speaking a radio interview, Eliyahu also “voices his objection to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza.”
“We wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid,” the minister said, adding that “there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.”
The far-right minister also said that the Palestinian population “can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves.”
He added: “Anyone waving a Palestinian or Hamas flag shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth.”
Following his comments, Netanyahu’s office issued a statement saying that the minister concerned – Heritage Minister Amihay Eliyahu, from a far-right party in the coalition government – had been suspended from cabinet meetings “until further notice”.
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“Eliyahu’s statements are not based in reality. Israel and the IDF (military) are operating in accordance with the highest standards of international law to avoid harming innocents. We will continue to do so until our victory,” Netanyahu’s office said.
The remarks also drew swift condemnation from around the Arab world, scandalised mainstream Israeli broadcasters and was deemed “objectionable” by a U.S. official.
The League of Arab States said in a statement: “The racist statements of Israeli Minister Eliyahu are revealing. Not only does he admit that they possess a nuclear weapon, but he also confirms the reality of the Israelis’ abhorrent racist view towards the Palestinian people.”
Meanwhile, some 9,500 Palestinians have been killed in the war, stirring widening international concern over Israel’s tactics.
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