The far-right Finance Minister said that seized land would ‘remain in our hands forever’ and called for the resettlement of ‘10,000 Gazans a day’ to ‘empty’ the Strip

Communications Minister Karhi says 'historic opportunity' with Trump in White House; Smotrich urges 'fight until victory;' Transportation Minister Regev: 'Take back the territory' The post Senior ministers call for resettling Gaza,

Israel has approved a temporary extension of the Gaza ceasfire that would last through the Muslim Ramadan and Jewish Passover periods. Hamas has previously rejected the idea of an extension,

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Monday that his country’s military is preparing to occupy the Gaza Strip under the leadership of the newly appointed Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, in coordination with US President Donald Trump’s administration.

"The only solution is the destruction of Hamas, and this must not be postponed," wrote the Israeli finance minister.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will head to Washington in the coming days to meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and discuss economic and political cooperation.

With the first phase of the truce set to expire Saturday, Hamas on Wednesday turned over the bodies of four hostages and Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

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