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Israeli minister calls to annex Gaza if Hamas doesn't surrender

Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City towards the southern areas of the Gaza Strip, in Nuseirat, on August 28, 2025, as the war between Israel and the Hamas militants movement continues. [AFP]

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday called on the government to begin annexing parts of the Gaza Strip if Palestinian militant group Hamas stands by its refusal to lay down its weapons.

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