{"id":17614,"date":"2025-05-19T11:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17614"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:31:40","slug":"israeli-minister-smotrich-vows-to-starve-gaza-push-palestinians-toward-exile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/israeli-minister-smotrich-vows-to-starve-gaza-push-palestinians-toward-exile\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Minister Smotrich Vows to Starve Gaza, Push Palestinians Toward Exile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed Monday to starve and destroy what remains of the Gaza Strip and to forcibly displace Palestinians from its south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"372\">Speaking at a press conference, Smotrich declared:\u201cAs of yesterday, the army is operating with five divisions in Gaza, with a force we haven\u2019t seen since the start of the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"503\">He continued:\u201cNo more airstrikes and in-and-out raids. This is invasion, cleansing, and staying\u2014until Hamas is destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"717\">Smotrich, leader of the far-right Religious Zionism party, added:\u201cAlong the way, they will destroy what\u2019s left of Gaza. This will bring victory, the destruction of Hamas, and the return of the hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"1059\">He openly acknowledged population displacement as part of the military campaign:\u201cAs part of the war, the army is transferring residents (Palestinians) out of combat zones, leaving no stone unturned. The people will arrive in southern Gaza, and from there, they will be relocated to third countries as part of President Trump\u2019s plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17612\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/99999.jpg\" alt=\"Netanyahu Admits Global Pressure Behind Gaza Aid Amid Plans for Full Occupation\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/99999.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/99999-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/99999-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">famine deepens in Gaza,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-34\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3256c1c2-2225-4c25-a7b0-9e63a607ecdb\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"93\">Smotrich Defends Starvation Strategy: \u201cLittle of Very Little\u201d Aid for Gaza<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1318\">Today marks the 79th consecutive day of Israel\u2019s systematic starvation policy against Gaza\u2019s 2.4 million residents, by blocking aid trucks stacked at the borders\u2014plunging the territory into full-blown famine, already claiming numerous lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1562\">Commenting on Israel\u2019s plans to allow limited humanitarian aid into Gaza on Monday, Smotrich said:<br data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1421\" \/>\u201cIn a few days, a U.S. civilian organization will begin operations in Gaza\u2026 distributing the bare minimum of food directly to civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1564\" data-end=\"1758\">He noted:\u201cFor two and a half months, we have not allowed any aid into Gaza. This created enormous pressure on Hamas. But now, things must be organized so it doesn\u2019t blow up in our faces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1907\">Still insisting on starvation as a war strategy, Smotrich concluded:\u201cWhat will be brought in over the coming days is little of very little.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed Monday to starve and destroy what remains of the Gaza Strip and to forcibly displace Palestinians from its south. Speaking at a press conference, Smotrich declared:\u201cAs of yesterday, the army is operating with five divisions in Gaza, with a force we haven\u2019t seen since the start of the war.\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3480,1842,1151,875,5378],"class_list":["post-17614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bezalel-smotrich","tag-famine","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-israeli-war-crimes-in-gaza","tag-the-starvation-in-gaza"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israeli Minister Smotrich Vows to Starve Gaza, Push Palestinians Toward Exile - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israeli 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