Orit Struck is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the far-right Religious Zionist Party. She currently serves as the country's national missions minister.
The IDF spokesperson appeared to directly address Struck's claims, stating in a Sunday evening briefing that "there has been no incident in which a ground force was not backed up."
Struck made the comment while being asked about the hundreds of millions of shekels being added to her ministry in the amended 2023 budget for uses like "family purity" counseling.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir labeled criminal organizations responsible for rising Arab sector crime as "terrorists" and called on the Shin Bet to help fight crime.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to convene the Security Cabinet as soon as possible after the second terror attack within a week.
Cry out against any and all violence against civilians and/or their property, which is an antithesis to the Jewish and Israeli way and detrimental to Israel itself.
Following the backlash, National Missions Minister Orit Struck issued an apology, saying her comparison was incorrect.
Several Israeli MKs and ministers took the time to make costumes that either reflected Purim merriment or contained political meanings.
A day after Jewish extremists set the Palestinian town of Huwara ablaze, Otzma Yehudit MKs remain belligerent, and avoid condemning the violence.
The ministry will have three branches focusing on settlement issues, Jewish identity and society and pre-military preparatory schools (mechina) and National Service.
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