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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for military action in the occupied West Bank, comparing it to Israel's operations in Gaza, during an interview with Ynet News on Sunday. He urged the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority there and said Israeli forces should eliminate terrorism infrastructure, weapons, and tunnels as they did in Gaza. The article highlights increasing settler violence against Palestinians; from January to late July 2023, OCHA recorded more than 1,330 attacks, averaging six per day.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-27,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right Finance Minister, called for war in the occupied West Bank (referred to as Judea and Samaria) during an interview with Ynet News. He also advocated annexing parts of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River and areas in the Gaza Strip demarcated by the "yellow line." Smotrich made these remarks in a podcast, stating that Israeli forces should dismantle the Palestinian Authority as they did with Hamas in Gaza following the October 2023 conflict. His comments reflect growing tensions ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election and increased violence against Palestinians since the Gaza war.
Written for “Israeli Minister Calls West Bank War” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 3 other(s) covering the same event.
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Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the Israeli military should “go to war” in the occupied West Bank and repeat what it “did in Gaza”.
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it → say → Gaza
Using a biblical term for the occupied West Bank, the minister told Ynet News in an interview published on Sunday that Israel needs to “go to war in Judea and Samaria, to do there what we did in Gaza, to dismantle the Palestinian Authority, which is a terror authority”.
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which → use → Authority
list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech
- list 2 of 3How
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Jazeera → reject → speech
Israel’s ‘Blue Line’ team seizes Palestinian land in the West Bank
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team → seize → Bank
- list 3 of 3Israel bans Arab parties from election: Who they are, why it matters
Smotrich was responding to a question on how Israel should combat the increasing “security tensions” in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli violence against Palestinians has been steadily growing since the eruption of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, but the attacks have intensified significantly this year.
“We need to tell” Israeli forces, he said, “Just as you dismantled Hamas in Gaza, there won’t be terror infrastructure in Judea and Samaria”.
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you → ban → Judea
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded more than 1,330 settler-related attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank from January to late July, averaging six a day, the highest rate in about 20 years.
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Office → record → years
Various settler groups, often supported or protected by Israeli soldiers, have attacked Palestinians in several ways, including shootings, besieging homes and engaging in other forms of communal violence that experts have described as “pogroms“.
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experts → support → pogroms
Rights groups warn that settlers are increasingly armed with military-issued weaponry and wear military uniforms during attacks, blurring the line between settler and soldier.
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settlers → warn → settler
The comments come as Israeli authorities announced a comprehensive military closure across the occupied West Bank, citing the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
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authorities → come → Sukkot
The heightened restrictions on the movement of Palestinians are set to remain in place until October 3.
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restrictions → heighten → October
Meanwhile, in occupied East Jerusalem, hundreds of Israelis stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from Israeli police on Sunday.
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hundreds → storm → Sunday
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the Israelis entered the compound through the Moroccan Gate and performed Talmudic rituals, as Israeli forces increased restrictions around the mosque and across Jerusalem’s Old City.
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forces → report → City
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