“We need to eliminate the Gaza problem,” Smotrich said in a radio interview. “We have a tremendous opportunity, and the excuses are gone: there’s no Biden, no Gallant, Gantz or Eisenkot – we must storm Gaza and end the problem, and prove to the whole world and the people of Israel that there is a military solution to terror.”

Smotrich also criticized former IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi for letting some humanitarian aid into Gaza. Smotrich recently said that “not even a grain of wheat” will enter Gaza, which has been under a total Israeli blockade since March 2.