Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said that "Hamas must be disarmed and Gaza must be demilitarized. This is at the heart of the plan and there must be no compromise on this." He made the remarks during a meeting with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano. On Iran, he said: "The long-range ballistic missiles that the regime seeks to produce in enormous quantities endanger Israel, but not only Israel. The Iranian regime has already used missiles against other countries in the Middle East as well. European countries are also threatened by the range of these missiles." Lezcano said: "Paraguay unequivocally and unquestionably supports Israel's right to exist and to self-defense."

