Australia's foreign minister has condemned a senior member of Israel's government for arguing it was "justified and moral" to starve Palestinians until Israeli hostages were released.
Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday triggered international outrage when he claimed there was justification for blocking aid supplies to Gaza until all hostages captured by Hamas in the October 7 attacks were freed.
"It's not possible in today's global reality to manage a war — no one will allow us to starve two million people, even though that might be just and moral until they return the hostages," he said in a speech.
