Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, claimed on Wednesday that US Republicans support his call to bomb food and aid warehouses in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

The extremist minister had attended a dinner at US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday evening, attended by Republicans and businessmen.

In a statement, Ben-Gvir claimed that senior Republicans at Mar-a-Lago supported his "clear position on how to act in Gaza, that food and aid warehouses should be bombed."

He claimed that this was the means to "put military and political pressure (on Hamas) to return our hostages safely."

There was no immediate comment from the Republican Party or the White House on Ben-Gvir's claim.

Ben-Gvir arrived in the United States on Monday for his first official visit to Washington since joining Benjamin Netanyahu's government in 2022.

Israel currently believes that 24 of the 59 detainees in Gaza are still alive. Meanwhile, more than 9,500 Palestinians are languishing in Israeli prisons, with numerous reports of torture, starvation, and medical neglect leading to the deaths of detainees.

Since March 22, Israel has completely closed Gaza's crossings, preventing essential supplies from entering the territory despite multiple reports of famine in the war-ravaged enclave.

The Israeli occupation army resumed its attack on Gaza on March 18, ending the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement reached on January 19.

Since the start of its war on Gaza in October 2023, Israel has killed more than 51,300 Palestinians in the Strip, the majority of whom were women and children, in what has been described as a war of genocide.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice over its war on the Gaza Strip.