Ben-Gvir calls for Israel to ‘return to a war of total annihilation’ in Gaza

Israel’s far-right politician, former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is still fuming over the fact that the fragile ceasefire agreement has held, calling it a “reckless surrender deal”. After arguments at the Knesset over the deal, Ben-Gvir wrote in a post on X that thousands of “murderous terrorists” are being released from prison in reference to Palestinian detainees, and Hamas is rebuilding while Israeli forces have pulled back from parts of the enclave. “All this, while the government has complete American backing to rain down hell on Hamas if all our hostages are not released immediately,” he said.