LONDON, March 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has condemned Israeli Army Minister Israel Katz's recent remarks threatening the "total devastation" of Gaza. The remarks, made on social media on Wednesday, came amid a fresh wave of Israeli bombings on Gaza following the collapse of a ceasefire with Hamas.

In his post, Katz wrote: "What follows will be far more severe — you will pay the full price. Return the hostages and remove Hamas — the alternative is total devastation." Lammy, responding in the House of Commons, firmly condemned these words, urging Katz to retract them.

Lammy said, “I do condemn those words, and I would ask Minister Katz, who is very experienced, to withdraw them.”

Lammy also addressed a separate incident where a British national was injured in an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. compound in Gaza on Wednesday. He called for a transparent investigation into the incident and insisted that those responsible be held accountable for the attack.

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