Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday it would be a huge mistake to stop Israel's military offensive in Gaza now. Smotrich, who heads a pro-settler party which is part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition, made the comment as Israeli officials continued talks via mediators about a possible cease-fire deal with Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. He wrote on social media platform X: "Hamas is collapsing and begging for a ceasefire. This is the time to squeeze the neck until we crush and break the enemy. To stop now, just before the end, and let him recover and fight us again, is a senseless folly."
Israeli minister Smotrich: Stopping Gaza war now would be folly
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