Tel Aviv, MINA – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday that the government plans to establish illegal settlements in Lebanon and displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media.
The remarks came during Ben-Gvir’s participation in an event in Jerusalem marking the anniversary of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem according to the Hebrew calendar, Israel’s Channel 7 reported.
“We have more plans to encourage migration from Gaza, encourage migration from Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), and settlement in Lebanon, and we will not fear eliminating everyone who rises up to kill us,” Ben-Gvir said.
Israel continues daily violations of the ceasefire in Gaza, in effect since October 2025, where at least 857 people have been killed and 2,486 others injured. Israel also keeps breaching a truce in Lebanon, which runs through May 17, killing 2,896 and injuring 8,824 others since March 2.
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Ben-Gvir also boasted about the harsh restrictions he imposed on Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons after referring to legislation he promoted in March allowing the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners.
On March 30, the Israeli Knesset approved a law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners by a vote of 62-48, with one abstention. The legislation authorizes death sentences by hanging for Palestinian prisoners whom Israel claims carried out or planned attacks that killed Israelis.
More than 9,600 Palestinian prisoners, including children and women, are currently held in Israeli prisons, where they face torture, starvation, and medical neglect, according to Palestinian and Israeli rights groups.[]
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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