Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has returned to his position with the cabinet’s approval. Gvir’s sole condition for returning to the government was the resumption of war in Gaza. The Israeli press reported that the government was playing the biggest gamble in history with the lives of hostages in Gaza.

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir had resigned from the government to protest the prisoner swap and ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. His only condition for returning to the government was the resumption of war in Gaza.

ATTACK ON GAZA WELCOMED Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Itamar Ben Gvir’s Jewish Power Party jointly announced an agreement for the former minister Ben Gvir to return to the government. Ben Gvir expressed his satisfaction with the resumption of military operations in the Gaza Strip. In his statement, Ben Gvir said, “We welcome the return of the intensification of conflicts under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the State of Israel.”

“HISTORY’S CRUELEST GAMBLE” The Israeli government also approved Netanyahu’s proposal to reappoint Ben Gvir as the National Security Minister. Thus, the far-right minister, whose sole condition was fulfilled, returned to his position in the Israeli government. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz claims that the government’s crazy gamble with the lives of hostages in Gaza is one of the cruelest gambles in Israeli history.

ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON GAZA In the airstrikes launched by the Israeli army on the morning of March 18th in the Gaza Strip, at least 400 people, mostly women and children, lost their lives, and over 500 Palestinians were injured.

Netanyahu defended the resumption of the conflict saying Hamas had rejected numerous offers while Israel had accepted the proposal of U.S. hostage envoy Steve Witkoff. He also added that the upcoming negotiations would only take place “under fire.”