Smotrich says it's 'justified, moral' to let Gaza's Palestinians die of hunger

Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has said letting two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip die of hunger might be “justified and moral”. 

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Israel Hayom outlet on Monday, he expressed support for blocking aid to the Gaza Strip but said Israel lacked international legitimacy to do so. 

“We are bringing in aid because there is no choice,” the far-right minister said, according to the Times of Israel. 

“We can't, in the current global reality, manage a war. Nobody will let us cause two million civilians to die of hunger even though it might be justified and moral until our hostages are returned,” he added. 

He said that Israel needed “international legitimacy for this war”.

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