Israel’s Defence Minister Yaov Gallant has ordered the complete closure of the Gaza Strip, including a ban on the entry of food, water, fuel or access to electricity as Israel intensifies its bombardment of the besieged Strip in the wake of the surprise attack by the Palestinian resistance. His comments have drawn criticism for advocating collective punishment of Gaza’s entire civilian Palestinian population in breach of international law.


Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant ordered an increase in intensity of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

Gallant said that the war Israel is fighting against Hamas is “a war for our future.”

He added: “Exacting a heavy price from the enemy is a necessary condition for our existence in the region.”

Gallant makes the comments during a visit to the Israeli Air Force’s underground command centre at the Israeli occupation forces headquarters in Tel Aviv.

link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231009-israeli-minister-we-are-fighting-human-animals/

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    *Israel Minister.

    And Hamas also thinks jews are no humans, so yes, there is no difference.

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      Israel Minister

      So… A representative of the Israeli state? The state founded on Zionism? That’s not a correction. That is Israel.

      Hamas also thinks jews are no humans

      Source? Hamas has a history with anti Semitic conspiracy theories and generalizations, but not to the extent of saying Jews aren’t human.

      Not to mention, even said anti semitism was dropped long ago, when Hamas underwent a radical shift in membership when Israel killed off other PLO groups.

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        They literally want to kill all Jews and convert the whole world to Islam. Do you think that’s better than calling someone an animal?

        “I think you’re absolutely a civilized and intelligent human being, and I want to see your intelligent brains on the ground so I can convert them to Islam”.

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          They literally want to kill all Jews

          Source? Highly doubt

          and convert the whole world to Islam

          Not really concerned with with if they want people convert to Islam. Christians want to convert the whole world to Christianity too. Not concerning. not even close to Israel.