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Ben Gvir requests adding West Bank to Israel's war objectives

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir requested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to include the defeat of Hamas in the West Bank in its current war objectives.

"We must not repeat the mistakes, war on Hamas – also in Judea and Samaria!," he said on X, using the Israeli name for the West Bank.

Ben Gvir's post included a copy of a formal letter and a plea for Israel to not repeat the mistakes it made on 7 October.