# Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says that a victory for his country in its war against militant group Hamas means that the Gaza Strip will be “entirely destroyed”. Smotrich, who lives in a settlement in the West Bank, also expressed his hope that the territory would be formally annexed during the current government’s term, which could last until late next year. He called the annexation of the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, “one of the most important challenges” for the Israeli leadership.
Israel’s Finance minister says victory will be the destruction of the Gaza strip