Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the IDF's complete takeover of the Gaza Strip and permit settlements in the area.

Axar.az informs, citing The Jerusalem Post, that Smotrich made the remarks while speaking to students at the Sderot Yeshiva on Sunday.

Smotrich spoke in the presence of Yeshiva head Rabbi David Fendel and Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi, after a full day and night of targeted killings of Hamas terrorists in the Strip and developments in US President Donald Trump's 15-point plan for Hamas' disarmament.

"The State of Israel must agree to take responsibility for Gaza. To conquer it completely, establish a military government there, establish Jewish settlement there," he said, speaking on the occasion of the first day of the new semester at the Yeshiva.