Saudi Arabia has condemned in the strongest terms possible the extremist remarks by an Israeli occupation government minister regarding dropping a nuclear bomb on the besieged Gaza Strip which show the pervasiveness of extremism and brutality among members of the Israeli government.
In a statement released from the office of the Foreign Affairs Minister on early hour on monday, while calling to sack the Minister, said not dismissing the Minister from govt immediately, only freezing his membership constitutes the utmost disregard for human and religious moral values and legal norms of the Israeli govt.
It was reported that the Israeli minister was suspended from government meetings “until further notice” on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, after suggesting dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza during an interview.
The comments by Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu advocating a fierce military response to Hamas’ October 7 surprise attacks even at the cost of the lives of hostages believed to be held in Gaza also drew rebuke from families of the captives.
Eliyahu, an ultranationalist politician part of Netnayahu’s ruling coalition, told Israel’s Kol Barama radio that he was not entirely satisfied with the scale of Israel’s retaliation in the Palestinian territory.
When the interviewer asked whether the Israeli minister advocated dropping “some kind of atomic bomb” on the Gaza Strip “to kill everyone”, Eliyahu replied: “That’s one option”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office quickly responded in a statement, describing Eliyahu’s remarks as “disconnected from reality” and adding that Israel was trying to spare “non-combatants” in Gaza.