{"id":307953,"date":"2025-05-06T06:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=307953"},"modified":"2025-05-07T06:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:54:50","slug":"idf-chief-zamir-said-to-clash-with-ben-gvir-on-gaza-aid-your-statements-are-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=307953","title":{"rendered":"IDF chief Zamir said to clash with Ben Gvir on Gaza aid: \u2018Your statements are dangerous\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Times of Israel \u2013 May 5, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

There was a \u201cheated discussion\u201d at the cabinet meeting last night between the IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, after the latter declared it was unnecessary to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, Hebrew-language media reports.<\/p>\n

According to Channel 12, far-right minister Ben Gvir said that \u201cthere is no need to bring in aid [to Gaza], they have enough. Hamas\u2019s food stores should be bombed.\u201d<\/p>\n

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir reportedly responded: \u201cThese ideas endanger us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kan public broadcaster says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intervened and said to Zamir: \u201cExcuse me, every minister here can state their position and disagree with officers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zamir responded, apparently to Ben Gvir: \u201cYou don\u2019t understand what you are saying. You are endangering us all. There is international law and we are committed to it. We cannot starve the Strip, your statements are dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netanyahu reportedly repeated that ministers can disagree with Zamir\u2019s position and added that if ministers make comments that are against the law, it is the attorney general\u2019s job to clarify the law for them.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara responded that Israel is \u201cobligated to bring aid into the Strip under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kan reports that Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs was then asked to note for the record that \u201cno minister intends to violate international law.\u201d It is unclear who asked him to make that declaration.<\/p>\n

Ben Gvir responded: \u201cThere is enough food there. I don\u2019t understand why anyone who fights against us should automatically be given aid. Where exactly is this written in international law?\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Kan, far-right Settlements Minister Orit Strook backed Ben Gvir on the issue of aid.<\/p>\n

Ministers at the meeting approved a plan to broaden the military offensive against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip, even as Zamir reportedly warned ministers that this could endanger the hostages.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the security cabinet approved a plan to renew aid deliveries into Gaza while overhauling the mechanism in order to minimize diversion of the goods by Hamas to benefit its operatives. Ben Gvir was the only one who voted against the plan, which is to be implemented when the situation in Gaza necessitates it.<\/p>\n

The worsening food shortage in the Strip is now entering its third month under a complete Israeli ban on the entry of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2019Shut Your Mouth\u2019: Israeli Army Chief Raps Security Minister; Shocked Netanyahu Intervenes But\u2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Times of India \u2013 May 5, 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n