Israeli Minister "Nuclear Attack on Gaza Strip"... Prime Minister Netanyahu "Will Permanently Exclude from Cabinet Meeting"
An Israeli far-right minister mentioned dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip to eradicate Hamas, prompting Prime Minister Netanyahu to quickly step in to calm the situation.
According to local media including the daily Haaretz on the 5th (local time), Amichai Eliyahu, Israel's Minister for Jerusalem and Heritage, appeared on a radio broadcast that day and said, "Currently, there is no one in the Gaza Strip who is not participating in the fighting. Therefore, providing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip would be an excuse for failure (in the war)," adding, "Since I believe there is no one not involved in the fighting, a nuclear strike could also be an option." Minister Eliyahu belongs to Otzma Yehudit, a far-right anti-Arab party, and has been at the forefront of anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian agitation.
![Minister Amichai Eliyahu, who caused controversy with his nuclear attack remarks on Gaza Strip. <br>[Photo by Ilgan Haaretz website]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023110519162041065_1699179380.jpg)
Minister Amichai Eliyahu, who caused controversy with his nuclear attack remarks on Gaza Strip.
[Photo by Ilgan Haaretz website]
As Minister Eliyahu's remarks caused a stir, Prime Minister Netanyahu hurriedly moved to contain the situation. In a statement, he said, "The content of Minister Eliyahu's remarks is detached from reality," and added, "Israel and the military are abiding by international law, which requires avoiding harm to non-combatants (in the ground operations in the Gaza Strip), and will continue to do so." He also announced that Minister Eliyahu would be permanently excluded from all cabinet meetings.
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As the controversy grew, Minister Eliyahu clarified that his remarks were merely metaphorical. On social media platform X (formerly Twitter), he wrote, "Anyone with common sense would understand that the nuclear strike comment was a metaphor," adding, "We must respond to terrorism with a tough and asymmetrical approach to show that terrorism is unacceptable. This is the only way democracy deals with terrorism."
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