Israel’s so-called National Security Minister, the extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, called for leniency in the killing of children in Gaza.
Ben-Gvir wondered what would prevent the Israeli occupation forces from targeting a child riding a donkey if it crossed the “yellow line,” which the Israeli army executes anyone who approaches it from the Gaza Strip.
This came during a cabinet discussion on Thursday evening regarding the implementation of the Israeli government’s policy regarding the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the Israeli Deputy Chief of Staff, who had claimed that “forces fire at adult suspects who approach the line, not at a child on a donkey.”
Ben-Gvir asked, in a debate that saw the lives of Palestinian children mocked by more than one Israeli minister, “Why don’t we shoot a child riding a donkey?”
Minister David Amsalem, the Israeli government’s liaison officer with the Knesset, asked in a tone that ignored the right of Gaza’s children to live, “Who do we shoot first: the child or the donkey?”
During the session, Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said, “Anyone who approaches the fence should know that they may be harmed.”
This isn’t the first time Ben-Gvir has called for the shooting of children in Gaza. Last year, he clashed with then-Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi during a cabinet meeting, during which he demanded that the army shoot Palestinian women and children in the Gaza Strip, claiming he feared for the occupation forces.
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