Final week, Israeli Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben Gvir mentioned that Palestinian residents of the West Financial institution “shouldn’t be allowed” entry to Jerusalem to wish throughout Ramadan.
“We can’t take dangers,” he mentioned, including: “We can’t have ladies and youngsters hostage in Gaza and permit celebrations for Hamas on the Temple Mount.”
Ben Gvir leads a hard-right occasion advocating Jewish management of the compound.
The US has been urgent for a deal earlier than Ramadan begins during which Israel would halt strikes within the Gaza Strip and hostages snatched on Oct 7 could be freed.
The Israeli navy marketing campaign in Gaza has killed no less than 29,954 folks, largely ladies and youngsters, in response to the newest figures by the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory.
It was launched in response to Hamas’s Oct 7 assault on southern Israel which resulted within the deaths of round 1,160 folks, largely civilians, in response to an AFP tally of official Israeli figures.
