Ben-Gvir attacks the "introduction of aid" and affirms his adherence to the Netanyahu government.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Sunday that he intends to call for an emergency session of the Security and Political Affairs Cabinet and the security cabinet, following his exclusion from the meeting that discussed the "truce in the Gaza Strip and increasing the entry of humanitarian aid" into the territory.

During an interview with Israeli public radio (Kan-Reshet Bet), Ben-Gvir said that a representative from the Prime Minister's Office called him and told him, "Look, we didn't want the Sabbath to be desecrated," as he put it. The minister responded, "That's the stupidest excuse I've ever heard. My phone is open 24/7 on Saturdays, and if necessary, I travel on Saturdays. I'm the Minister of National Security."

Ben-Gvir considered his exclusion from the meeting to be due to his political positions, explaining: "From my perspective, what's happening is strengthening Hamas. We're able to overcome President Donald Trump's ultimatum. So far, he's repeating the same phrases, while Israel continues to send food" to the Gaza Strip, he said.

Regarding Israel's international image amid mounting reports of famine in Gaza, Ben-Gvir stated, "We learned one thing from Iran: The world respects us when we act forcefully, decisively, and quickly." He added, "We must embark on a process of occupying the Strip, encouraging emigration, and killing thousands of Hamas fighters. We now have a golden opportunity."

Despite the escalation in his statements, Ben-Gvir did not threaten to withdraw from the government, but rather said: "When the time comes to resign, we will resign. But I want this government to remain in place because it is doing a good job. I only returned to it when it started fighting again. We must take a different path: to win, to destroy them, and to encourage emigration from Gaza."

Ben-Gvir issued a statement Saturday evening in which he said he had informed an official in the Prime Minister's Office that "what is happening is a surrender to the campaign of lies run by Hamas, which is endangering the lives of IDF soldiers." He considered this surrender "much more dangerous after the Prime Minister announced on Friday that he was looking for alternative ways to free the prisoners."

Ben-Gvir concluded by saying, "It seems that the 'alternative method' is to submit to Hamas and its false campaigns, and to increase the humanitarian aid that reaches it directly. This approach distances us from recovering the prisoners and further from achieving complete victory in the war," he said.