Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said that Hamas ‘will no longer be a functioning entity’ within six months.
Jerusalem, 6 May, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said that Hamas ‘will no longer be a functioning entity’ within six months.
Addressing crowds at the The Settlement Conference in Ofra, Northern Israel, he said: “In six months, Hamas will no longer be a functioning entity in Gaza.
“Gaza will be completely destroyed as a terrorist infrastructure, Hamas’ citizens are in the Morag corridor south and are starting to move out altogether.”
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