National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir sharply rejected the emerging US-Iran agreement Monday, saying a sovereign state is not the contractor of any power. He demanded that Prime Minister Netanyahu allow the IDF to continue demolishing homes, eliminating Hezbollah operatives, and removing residents from their houses, according to a statement carried by N12.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir issued a new demand Monday afternoon at 16:06 Jerusalem, carried by N12, in which he called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to allow the IDF to continue home demolitions, the elimination of Hezbollah operatives, and the removal of residents from their homes. The statement sharpens the operational terms of Ben Gvir's earlier opposition to the emerging US-Iran framework, now directly linking the agreement to a demand for continued Israeli offensive action.
Ben Gvir has made a series of escalating public statements on Monday. At 08:40 Jerusalem, he first declared that the emerging agreement does not obligate Israel, calling it a deal that does not take care of our security. By the same hour, he had already demanded the dismantling of Hezbollah and no withdrawal from territories cleared of terror infrastructure. A subsequent statement, also dated 08:40 Jerusalem, added the warning that Israel is not a banana republic. The desk has tracked these statements through multiple outlets, with earlier versions carried by Abu Ali Express and later versions by N12, corroborating the minister's widening campaign against the deal.
The demands come as part of a wider cabinet-level pushback against the US-Iran framework, which, as The Zioneer reported Monday at 10:11 Jerusalem, includes a Lebanon clause that reportedly limits Israeli military freedom. A senior cabinet minister told Channel 12 on Sunday evening that Lebanon is Israel's red line and must not be subject to the Iranian equation, even at the cost of a confrontation with the United States.
It remains unclear whether Ben Gvir's call for continued home demolitions and resident removals refers to a specific area or operation; the framing points to the northern arena and Hezbollah-affiliated villages, but the minister did not specify a geographic or operational context in the statement.
4 developments
- StrongBen Gvir: Israel must not accept US-Iran ceasefire
- StrongBen Gvir: Trump's Iran deal does not obligate Israel; any drone launch warrants a strike on Dahiyeh
- DevelopingBen Gvir says Otzma Yehudit not bound by any ceasefire deal
- StrongNetanyahu: 'This equation Iran and Hezbollah tried to impose on us is unacceptable'
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- Internal intake