Israeli Lawmaker Stands by Comment That Israel Needs to Burn Gaza to the Ground
Member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party said Israel has been too humane.
Nissim Vaturi, a far-right member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, said in an interview last week that he stands by his earlier comment that Israel has been too soft in Gaza and should burn the coastal enclave to the ground.
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Vaturi said he stands by his comment because it is “better to burn, to bring down buildings than for soldiers to be hurt.”
The Times of Israel reported that he said the IDF managed to evacuate innocents from northern Gaza and about 100,000 remain.
“I have no mercy for those who are still there. We need to eliminate them,” he said.
Vaturi voiced anger in November over Israel’s decision to allow a trickle of humanitarian aid into Gaza. About 85 percent of the population has been internally displaced and 25 percent face starvation. OXFAM said Gaza’s daily death toll has surpassed all other major conflicts in the 21st century.
“Israel’s military is killing Palestinians at an average rate of 250 people a day, which massively exceeds the daily death toll of any other major conflict of recent years,” OXFAM said.