{"id":15470,"date":"2025-04-07T13:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15470"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:22:19","slug":"smotrich-admits-to-starving-palestinians-not-a-single-grain-of-wheat-will-enter-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/07\/smotrich-admits-to-starving-palestinians-not-a-single-grain-of-wheat-will-enter-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Smotrich Admits to Starving Palestinians: \u201cNot a Single Grain of Wheat Will Enter Gaza\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich acknowledged on Monday that Tel Aviv is using starvation as a weapon against the Palestinians, affirming: \u201cNot a single grain of wheat will enter the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"493\">This came in response to a report published Monday by the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, which stated that the Israeli army is preparing to resume the entry of aid into Gaza even without a prisoner exchange agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"495\" data-end=\"795\">On March 2, Israel closed the crossings into the Gaza Strip to all life-sustaining supplies and blocked the entry of humanitarian, relief, and medical aid into the enclave, leading to an unprecedented deterioration in humanitarian conditions, according to local governmental and human rights reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"983\">The Israeli government announced the halt of humanitarian aid entry into Gaza under the pretext of pressuring Hamas to accept its terms for a prisoner exchange and a ceasefire extension.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8550\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8550 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Finance Minister Admits Starvation Used as Weapon Against Gaza\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Smotrich-threatened-to-cripple-the-economy-of-the-Palestinian-Authority-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"144\"><strong data-start=\"88\" data-end=\"144\">Smotrich Defies Army: \u201cNot a Grain of Wheat to Gaza\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"985\" data-end=\"1135\">The newspaper pointed out that \u201cthe Israeli army has informed the government of the need to resume the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1339\">However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/16\/israeli-minister-smotrich-vows-increased-palestinian-home-demolitions-in-2025\/\">Smotrich<\/a> responded to the report by saying: \u201cIf this is true, it is astonishing that the Israeli army is speaking to us through the press, and not a single grain of wheat will enter the Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1569\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/16\/israeli-minister-smotrich-vows-increased-palestinian-home-demolitions-in-2025\/\">Smotrich<\/a> also questioned the logic of prioritizing the return of Israeli hostages from Gaza before defeating Hamas, saying critically: \u201cFirst the hostages, then the defeat of Hamas \u2014 this is a slogan I don\u2019t see the benefit of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1735\">He added: \u201cIt\u2019s good that the war began (on October 7, 2023), and it\u2019s unfortunate that it started in this way, but we are changing the reality in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1872\">Commenting on the report, the Israeli army stated: \u201cThe Israeli army operates according to the directives of the political leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"2034\">Earlier today, Yedioth Ahronoth reported that \u201cthe Israeli army is preparing to resume the entry of aid into Gaza even without a prisoner exchange agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2036\" data-end=\"2200\">It added: \u201cIsrael is expected to allow the resumption of the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza within weeks \u2014 and in some cases sooner \u2014 after a five-week halt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich acknowledged on Monday that Tel Aviv is using starvation as a weapon against the Palestinians, affirming: \u201cNot a single grain of wheat will enter the Gaza Strip.\u201d This came in response to a report published Monday by the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, which stated that the Israeli army is preparing 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