Israel's Ben Gvir calls for aid to be bombed amid siege on Gaza

Israel's former national security minister has urged for the "complete shutdown of electricity and water" alongside the bombing of aid in Gaza, despite rights groups and experts warning of famine in the besieged enclave. 

On Monday, far-right politician Itamar Ben Gvir said that such measures should be taken in the Gaza Strip to "starve" Hamas before resuming the war "so that we can later crush them easily".

"The government should also order the bombing of the aid stocks that accumulated in Gaza in huge quantities during and before the ceasefire, along with a complete shutdown of electricity and water," Ben Gvir wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"If Hamas threatens to harm our hostages, it should know that it will be met with the execution of terrorists," he added.

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