Hamas condemned the far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich’s remarks as “official call to eliminate” Palestinians.

Far-right Israel Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls on Israel to annex the Gaza Strip, the latest push by Israeli officials to force Palestinians to replace Palestinians and take full control Coastal Enclave.

Smotrich said in a press conference on Thursday that if Hamas does not agree to surrender, disarming and releasing Israeli prisoners, Israel should annex part of Gaza every week for four weeks.

He said the Palestinians would be first told to move south in Gaza, and then Israel attacked the northern and central areas of the region and ended with annexation.

“This can be achieved in three to four months,” Smotrich said, describing the measures as part of a plan to “win Gaza before the end of the year.”

The annexation of the far-right minister is the Israeli army Has entered Gaza In order to capture the city, and forcibly replace about one million Palestinians living there.

Israel’s intensified attack on Gaza City has been widely condemned, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Warning last week The campaign will lead to “massive deaths and destruction.”

Meanwhile, Gaza City and surrounding areas continue Experience the famine As Israel continues to block food, water and other humanitarian aid from entering the zone.

“Famine is no longer an imminent possibility; it is a disaster today,” Guterres said Thursday.

“People die of hunger. Families are torn apart by displacement and despair. Pregnant women face unimaginable risks, while the systems that sustain life – food, water, health care – have been systematically removed.”

Israel and its Western allies have long pushed Hamas to lay down their weapons, insisting that Palestinian groups cannot participate in any future governance in Gaza.

Hamas rejected Smotrich’s speech on Thursday, saying they represent “a formal call to exterminate our people” and “a formal recognition Use Hunger and besiege innocent civilians as weapons.”

“Smotrich’s statement is not an isolated extremist opinion, but a declared government policy that has been in place for nearly 23 months,” Hamas said in a statement.

The group added: “These statements reveal the reality of the occupation and confirm that what is happening in Gaza is not a ‘military battle’ but a project of genocide and mass displacement.”

In a press conference, Smotrich called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pass his annexation plan “completely immediately”.

Netanyahu did not comment on Smotri’s speech publicly. However, the Israeli leaders mentioned a plan that requires Israel to “control all Gaza” and send troops to recapture the entire enclave.

Israeli troops have sent mandatory evacuation notices to the Palestinians in the so-called “fighting zone” to move to southern Southern Gaza.

Smotrich, the main supporter Israel’s settler movement He himself resides in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and expressed his support for the re-establishment of illegal settlements in the Gaza Strip, which was demolished in 2005.

He and other far-right members of the Netanyahu ruling coalition also expressed opposition to a deal to end Israel’s war on Gaza and threatened to reach an agreement if it was reached.