The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that “An Israeli minister demanding to drop a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip is evidence of the extent of the deviation and extremism that has befallen a number of decision-makers in the Israeli government.”
The Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Ahmed Abu-Zeid stressed, on his account on “X” platform on Sunday, that “The international community must decisively confront the rhetoric of violence, hatred, and racism,” adding that “The world is talking about nuclear disarmament and its dangers, yet some are thirsty for more destruction and killing.”
The Minister of Heritage in the Israeli occupation, Amichai Eliyahu, said that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip is “an option.”
The Israeli minister, affiliated with the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, confirmed his objection to allowing any humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, saying: “We will not deliver humanitarian aid to the Nazis. There is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.”
Recent estimates announced by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) this year indicate that Israel possesses 90 nuclear bombs in its nuclear arsenal – making it one of the most dangerous nuclear weapons arsenals in the world.
Although Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, other reports indicate that the size of its nuclear arsenal is likely larger than announced.
According to FAS estimates, Israel ranks eighth globally in terms of possessing nuclear power after Russia, the US, China, France, the UK, Pakistan, and India.
Among these countries, Russia, the US, Britain, France, and China openly declare that they possess nuclear weapons, Egypt Independent reports.
