The Israeli president, pressed by protesters who confronted him for not taking measures to return captives held in Gaza, called for the removal of minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.

Five senior Israeli rabbis deplore a recent settler incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry denounces the latest Israeli settlers incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound as a move aimed at escalating tensions in West Asia.

Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are considered to be among the ministers most likely to face sanctions. 

Notorious Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip, saying Israel must stop all humanitarian aid to the besieged territory.

This is a dangerous step and reflects the Zionist entity’s insistence on its Judaization plans, Islamic Jihad said in a statement.

Israel's far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds, the third such desecration in less than a year.

There were thousands of settlers on a day which marks the conclusion of the 1967 Six-Day War and the start of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds.

The far-right minister says Israel should push the Palestinians to “voluntarily” leave to make way for settlements.

Israel’s notorious far-right minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has been injured as his car overturned after a visit to the city of Ramla.