Israeli minister welcomes decision to block all aid going to Gaza

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed the decision by Israel to suspend humanitarian aid to Gaza. 

Describing the move as the "right decision", Smotrich also called for renewed fighting in the besieged enclave "until total victory" against Hamas. 

“The decision … to completely stop the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas is destroyed or completely surrenders and all our hostages are freed is an important step in the right direction,” he wrote on Telegram.

Israel’s military should “open [the] gates [of hell] as quickly and violently as possible against the merciless enemy until total victory”.