Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that Tel Aviv will not stop the war until "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians are displaced from the Gaza Strip, Syria is divided, and Iran is disarmed of its nuclear weapons.

This came in a speech he delivered in the Eli settlement in the central West Bank, which he posted on his X account.

He added: "We will end this campaign when Syria is dismantled, Hezbollah (Lebanon) is defeated, Iran is stripped of its nuclear threat, Gaza is cleansed of Hamas, hundreds of thousands of its residents leave for other countries, our hostages return, some to their homes and some to the graves of Israel, and the State of Israel becomes stronger and more prosperous."

He claimed that these were the goals agreed upon by all Israelis, not just the government, adding: "This is the final form of the campaign imposed on us. This is the order of the day in the face of a brutal enemy. This is the will of hundreds and thousands of our fighters."

Addressing Netanyahu, he said: "Mr. Prime Minister, this is the time to change the history of the State of Israel and the people of Israel. The entire government and the people will be with you and support you in your decision to do everything in our power to strengthen Israel's security. We, and you, have no right to miss this opportunity."

With American support, Israel has been committing genocidal crimes in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 170,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.

Tel Aviv estimates that there are 59 Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip, 24 of whom are alive.

On October 8, 2023, Israel launched an aggression against Lebanon, which escalated into a full-scale war on September 23, 2024, resulting in more than 4,000 deaths and approximately 17,000 injuries, in addition to the displacement of approximately 1.4 million people.

Although the new Syrian administration, headed by Ahmad al-Sharaa, has not threatened Israel in any way, Tel Aviv has been launching airstrikes on Syria on an almost daily basis for months, killing civilians and destroying Syrian military sites, vehicles, and ammunition.

Since 1967, Israel has occupied most of the Syrian Golan Heights. Taking advantage of the new situation in the country following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, it occupied the Syrian buffer zone and declared the collapse of the 1974 disengagement agreement between the two sides.