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Smotrich Demands West Bank War, Annexation of Gaza & Southern Lebanon
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Firstpost•27-09-2026, 18:36
Smotrich Demands West Bank War, Annexation of Gaza & Southern Lebanon
- •Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to annex parts of the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon.
- •Smotrich urged Israeli forces to launch a war against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, referring to it as Judea and Samaria.
- •He suggested extending territorial control in Gaza to the "yellow line" and in Lebanon up to the Litani River.
- •The Palestinian Authority condemned Smotrich's remarks as an explicit call for escalation, annexation, and displacement.
- •Violence in the West Bank has sharply increased since the Gaza war, with over 1,110 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers.
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to extend its territorial control in Gaza at least to the yellow line and in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River.
Smotrich urged Israeli forces to launch a war in the West Bank, referred to as Judea and Samaria, to dismantle the Palestinian Authority which he accused of supporting terror.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority condemned the remarks, stating they amounted to an explicit call for escalation, annexation, and displacement intended to undermine the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
