GAZA, (PIC)
Israel’s far-right Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu on Wednesday renewed his call for striking the Gaza Strip with a “nuclear bomb.”
“Even in The Hague they know my position,” The Times of Israel newspaper quoted Eliyahu as saying during a tour in the West Bank city of al-Khalil, in reference to his previous call for using nuclear weapons in the Gaza Strip.
In November, Eliyahu said dropping a “nuclear bomb” on the Gaza Strip is “an option.”
The hardline minister, who pursues extremist rhetoric against Palestinians, also called for encouraging Gaza’s population to migrate from the enclave.
On Dec. 29, South Africa filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) requesting an injunction against Israel on the grounds that Israeli attacks on Gaza violate the Genocide Convention.
The South African legal team has included Eliyahu’s statements on the Gaza Strip in the file presented to the court.
