On Tuesday, Israeli Democratic Party leader Yair Golan criticized ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for refusing to end the war in the Gaza Strip, saying they are "dancing on the blood of dead soldiers."
This came after the two ministers urged a halt to the entry of relief aid into Gaza, the "crushing" of Palestinians, starving them to death, displacing them, and halting prisoner exchange negotiations, the day after the Israeli army announced the deaths of five of its soldiers in an ambush in the northern Gaza Strip.
National Security Minister Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Smotrich have repeatedly opposed reaching a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, repeatedly calling for the occupation of the Strip, the displacement of Palestinians from it, and the establishment of Jewish settlements there.
In a post on the X platform, opposition politician Golan said: "Smotrich and Ben-Gvir heard about the killing of five soldiers, and immediately started dancing in the blood."
He added: "More and more death, more blood, more war to cling to power and messianic illusions."
Golan, a former deputy chief of staff, sharply criticized the two extremist ministers, saying, "They are neither Zionists nor Jews."
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with resignation from the government if he concludes a prisoner exchange agreement and ceasefire in Gaza.
Addressing the ministers of the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, Golan said: "Stop the war, return all the kidnapped soldiers, and save Israel."
Earlier on Tuesday, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari announced that the indirect negotiations hosted by Doha were discussing a "preliminary framework" for a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, amid "positive engagement" from the Hamas and Israeli delegations.
Earlier on Tuesday, an Israeli political source indicated that indirect negotiations with Hamas would likely take longer than expected, stressing that Tel Aviv would not accept the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The source acknowledged, according to what was reported by the official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, that "Israel does not rule out the possibility of governing Gaza for a specific period of time," and said that US President Donald Trump "is still serious" about the "voluntary migration" plan for Gaza Palestinians.
Hamas repeatedly announced its acceptance of previous ceasefire proposals, but Netanyahu continued to stall, impose conditions, and insist on continuing the genocide. Meanwhile, the opposition and the families of the detainees saw him as seeking to remain in power to evade his corruption trial.
Tel Aviv estimates that there are 50 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, 20 of whom are still alive. Meanwhile, more than 10,400 Palestinians are languishing in its prisons, suffering torture, starvation, and medical neglect, many of whom have died, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with US support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
This war left more than 194,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands displaced.
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Golan criticizes Ben-Gvir and Smotrich: They are dancing on the blood of Israeli soldiers