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Smotrich calls for 'full Israeli control' over Gaza after Tel Aviv rocket attack

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for full military control over the Gaza Strip after Hamas fired its first rocket attack targeting Tel Aviv in months. 

In a statement on social media platform X, Smotrich also said Israel must occupy the whole of Rafah, in the south of Gaza. 

"The State of Israel cannot accept shooting at Sderot, surrounding area and the centre," the far-right minister said. 

"Occupying the whole of Rafah, by all means, now and full control of the IDF [Israeli army] in the entire Gaza Strip. This is the only way we will restore security, this is the only way we will return the kidnapped," he added.