Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu previously suggested the nuclear weapons could be an option in Gaza.
Saudi Arabian officials spoke out strongly on Sunday against comments from Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, in which he suggested that nuclear weapons could be an option in the ongoing conflict with Hamas.On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history, with Israel subsequently launching its heaviest-ever airstrikes on Gaza in response.
In response to this exchange, Netanyahu's office called Eliyahu's comments 'disconnected from reality' and claimed that Israeli forces were working to spare 'non-combatants' in Gaza during the conflict, despite the growing Palestinian death toll, which has sparked worldwide calls for a ceasefire. The minister himself also claimed later that his comments about the use of nuclear weapons had been 'metaphorical.''Eliyahu's statements are not based in reality.
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