National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he was operating to halt negotiations with Hamas in a Wednesday post on X/Twitter., Paralel.Az reports citing The Jerusalem Post.

"I'm acting to halt negotiations with Hamas. A country whose six hostages are murdered in cold blood does not negotiate with the murderers but stops the negotiations, stops transferring to them fuel and electricity, and crushes them," Ben-Gvir wrote.

He further added that continuing negotiations only galvanized Hamas to carry out terror attacks, including from the West Bank.