Israeli minister calls for expanding Gaza war even if it puts hostages’ lives at risk – Middle East Monitor

Israel’s minister of settlements called on Monday for expanding the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, even if it puts the lives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas at risk, Anadolu reports.

“There’s an entire area — around 25%, according to Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir — that the army has classified as off-limits due to the presence of hostages. But you can’t win a war like this. It’s just not logical,” Orit Strock of the far-right Religious Zionism Party told the ultra-Orthodox…