Israeli minister says 'proud' of destruction in Gaza

SHAH ALAM - Israel's Minister of Social Equality and Women's Advancement May Golan expresses pride in the "ruins" of besieged Gaza and claims that Palestinian babies will grow up to tell their grandchildren "what the Jews did."

"I am personally proud of the ruins of Gaza and that every baby even 80 years from now will tell their grandchildren what the Jews did when their families were murdered, raped and their civilians were kidnapped," she was reported saying during a Knesset session (Israel’s parliament) held on Feb 19.

She went on to issue stark warnings, addressing Israeli lawmaker Ofer Cassif who aspired to form a new government.

"You can keep shouting "peace now" and "elections now" from Kaplan to Gaza let them hear you.

"We have a mission and the last thing we will allow is for Ofer Cassif to go up to the temple (Dome of the Rock) with the flag of Palestine and for Yahya Sinwar (Hamas leader in Gaza) to be the minister of defence of the Palestinian state like his brother (Yasser) Arafat.

"Not a dove and not an olive brance, only a sword to cut off Sinwar's head, that's what he will receive from us," she said.

This was not the first time the minister from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration made such statements.

Previously, British daily newspaper The Guardian reported that she labeled African refugees as 'Muslim infiltrators', criminals and rapists and reportedly said she was "proud to be racist."

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 29,410 Palestinians, mostly women and children have been killed and 69,465 were injured in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, starting on Oct 7.

It was reported that over half of Gaza's infrastructure were destroyed in Israeli attacks and experts believed that more than 29,000 bombs were dropped on the region in over four months.