Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and top Republican leaders at Mar-a-Lago agreed in a meeting that Israel should continue bombing humanitarian aid in Gaza, Ben-Gvir has said — effectively admitting that he is getting express support from top U.S. leaders to commit what experts have deemed as war crimes and genocidal acts.

Ben-Gvir is visiting the U.S. this week for the first time as minister. On Tuesday, he attended a dinner with senior Republican Party members, including GOP House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (Indiana), at the Donald Trump-owned estate.

“I had the honor and privilege of meeting with senior members of the Republican Party at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate,” Ben-Gvir wrote in a post on social media early Wednesday morning.

“They expressed support for my clear stance on how action should be taken in Gaza — that food and aid depots should be bombed to create military and political pressure to bring our hostages home,” he said.

Targeting humanitarian aid and relief workers without a legitimate military target is a war crime. Israel’s campaign of withholding and attacking humanitarian aid efforts has been so horrific that its actions have been deemed not just violations of international law,

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