{"id":587277,"date":"2026-08-17T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/587277\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:40:10","slug":"itamar-ben-gvir-israel-must-kill-30-40-gazans-nightly-they-are-not-worthy-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/587277\/","title":{"rendered":"Itamar Ben-Gvir: Israel must kill 30-40 Gazans nightly, they \u2018are not worthy of life’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel should kill “30 to 40” Gazans in strikes every night, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/a>\u00a0told former hostage Rom Braslavski\u2019s \u2018October 8\u2019 podcast published on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Arguing in favor of carrying out more targeted strikes across the Gaza Strip, the minister claimed Israel should not be satisfied with killing \u201cjust those who endanger us in that moment\u201d or \u201cpose an immediate threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, Ben-Gvir argued, \u201cthere are people there who aren’t worthy of life; they shouldn’t be alive; they aren’t people at all.”<\/p>\n

Ben-Gvir also said that even Gaza citizens whom some “might consider uninvolved” shouldn’t be exempt.<\/p>\n

Referring to a woman who brought Braslavski food during his captivity, Ben-Gvir said, \u201cShe’s a terrorist for all intents and purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OtzmaOtzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, attends a supporters\u2019 conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Petah Tikva, central Israel, August 16, 2026. (credit: ERIK MARMOR\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

“She needs a bullet in the head. She didn’t bring you food because she worried about your health – she brought you food because she wanted to preserve you so you could be a resource afterward, in that murdering terrorists would be released. Someone like that needs a bullet in the head.”<\/p>\n

Ben-Gvir also said he was proud to be feared in Gaza after Braslavski described his captors\u2019 hatred and fear of the minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see all of Gaza as ours,” Ben-Gvir said, and called for renewed Israeli settlement throughout the Gaza Strip and for encouraging Gazans to emigrate.<\/p>\n

\"NationalNational Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays during the Tisha B\u2019Av ritual at the Western Wall in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City, July 22, 2026. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

“Settlements<\/a> not just in Gush Katif but throughout Gaza, encouraging as much emigration as possible, sending them to their countries, and for the terrorists, no emigration, nothing, just to kill them one by one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Braslavski also asked to be the one to execute captured terrorists using Ben-Gvir’s death penalty for terrorists law.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want a rope, and I don’t need a button. With my own hands, I will execute every terrorist here.”<\/p>\n

In response, Ben-Gvir vowed to do everything in his power to make that happen, saying, “It is one of my greatest dreams to see you there.”<\/p>\n

Imprisoned terrorists ‘suffer greatly,’ Ben-Gvir says<\/p>\n

Later in the interview, the minister talked about the conditions in Israeli prisons, saying that he had removed as many extraneous luxuries as he could.<\/p>\n

“They suffer greatly; it’s awful for them, and I’m glad that it’s bad for them. They get the minimum of the minimum of the minimum of the minimum. But you’re right: in the end, it’s only a death sentence that will bring, not even a full restoration, but some kind of restoration.”<\/p>\n

Organizations such as Peace Now or Standing Together, which push for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, should be outlawed, Ben-Gvir<\/a> stated.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not bothered when they come and demonstrate against me – I actually find that amusing,” he claimed. “But the fact that these organizations support terrorism, support terrorists, support refusal to serve – they should be outlawed.”<\/p>\n

However, Ben-Gvir also emphasized how important the principle of peace was to him.<\/p>\n

“Peace is one of the most beautiful things,” he said. “You know what is written? ‘The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.’ You destroy your enemies, kill them, and then there will be peace.”<\/p>\n

Italian FM condemns Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/p>\n

Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Foreign Minister, condemned Ben-Gvir<\/a>‘s attempt to impose the death penalty on prisoners in a Sunday post on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n

“No one can arrogate to themselves the right to take someone\u2019s life,” Tajani stated.<\/p>\n

He added that Italy would continue condemning attacks against Palestinians done by settlers in the West Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel should kill “30 to 40” Gazans in strikes every night, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir\u00a0told former hostage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29365,181059,50,59,69,51,85,46,146915,6463,70023,837,46772,43,2200,83974,22359,5091,2896],"class_list":["post-587277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-death-penalty","tag-death-penalty-for-terrorists-law","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-hostages","tag-gaza-strip","tag-hamas","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-prison","tag-israel-strike","tag-israel-strikes-gaza","tag-itamar-ben-gvir","tag-jailed-terrorists","tag-news","tag-palestinians","tag-peace-now","tag-prison","tag-settlements","tag-terrorist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}