National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir approached Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend, demanding clarifications regarding the funding of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including the transfer of NIS 700 million in early May, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported on Sunday.
Ben-Gvir reportedly told Netanyahu, "I strongly oppose transferring any aid to Gaza, at a time when our hostages are rotting in Hamas's tunnels, and our brave soldiers are maneuvering in the Strip."
"But even by the logic of those who support transferring aid, it is inconceivable that the State of Israel would fund, from its citizens’ taxes, and from the taxes of the residents of the Gaza border communities, food and supplies for a population that, on October 7, participated en masse in the massacre and celebrated as our brothers and sisters were slaughtered," Ben-Gvir said, KAN reported.
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