Ben Gvir: Israel must seize and occupy Gaza

Israel's national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, has called for seizing and occupying Gaza.

"We must now enter Gaza with all our might and finish the job – occupying, seizing the territory, crushing the enemy, and freeing our hostages by force," he said on X.

Ben Gvir claimed that "Hamas’s sudden ‘flexibility’ in the negotiations is not because it suddenly craved peace, but because the [Israeli military] was tightening its grip".

He added that Israel should "press the gas all the way – until Hamas surrenders".