Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has rejected the draft peace agreement for Gaza, saying the proposed deal is “unacceptable to Israel.”
Ben-Gvir said that any agreement aimed at halting the assassinations of Hamas members would be “tantamount to agreeing to Hamas organising for the next massacre”.
“The assassinations in Gaza must continue, the encouragement of immigration must happen, Israel must win,” Ben-Gvir said in a post on X.
His comments came after Israel’s former chief of staff and a contender to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, also criticised the proposed agreement.
Eisenkot wrote on X that any deal that does not result in “the destruction of Hamas’ military-governmental power or its dissolution … is a complete failure”.
He also questioned the Israeli government’s handling of the proposed agreement, saying the fact that Netanyahu had chosen not to present the deal to the Israeli public raised “major question marks” over Israel’s role in the negotiations.
“The fact that the prime minister chooses not to present the agreement to the Israeli public raises major question marks as to whether Israel is a partner in it or whether an agreement was once again forced upon Israel without its involvement,” Eisenkot said.