Israel's Ben-Gvir calls for shooting children near Gaza ‘yellow line'

Israel’s far-right minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has made yet another shocking remark, saying that the regime’s forces should shoot “children and donkeys” near a ceasefire demarcation zone known as the “yellow line.”

During a meeting of Israel’s "security cabinet", the military’s deputy chief of staff reportedly said that Israeli forces were instructed to open fire on Palestinians who crossed the line, but to arrest children if they were found near it.

In response, Ben-Gvir said Israel “must stop being merciful” and start shooting “a child riding a donkey” near the so-called yellow line. Knesset member Dudi Amsalem then asked, “Who should we shoot first — the child or the donkey?”

Minister of military affairs Israel Katz reportedly closed the discussion by saying, “Anyone who approaches the fence should know they may be harmed.”

The so-called “yellow line,” established under US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan, runs from northern Gaza to the outskirts of Rafah in the south.

According to Gaza officials, Israeli forces directly open fire on any Palestinian crossing or even approaching the line, without prior warning. The boundary is not visibly marked, leaving civilians at constant risk of being shot for unknowingly entering an undefined restricted area.

The regime's forces have reportedly installed yellow concrete markers every 200 meters to delineate areas remaining under the military's control during the first phase of the ceasefire.

But officials in Gaza say the vast debris left by months of Israeli bombardment has made it nearly impossible for residents to navigate safely or avoid the newly marked boundary.

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Two weeks into Trump's ceasefire, which took effect on October 10, an average of more than 20 Palestinians are still being killed each day—many near the yellow line, according to Gaza health officials.

Despite the truce deal, Israeli forces continue to occupy more than half of the Gaza Strip, including areas in the north and center, as well as parts of Rafah and the Salah al-Din corridor.

The so-called yellow line, which cuts Gaza roughly in half, is increasingly taking on a more permanent form and is being referred to in Israeli media as a “new border.”

Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former US aid official, described the line as “a de facto creeping annexation of Gaza.”

Last week, the Gaza Government Media Office said that Israeli forces started to clear residents from all eastern neighborhoods, warning that the measure is “creating a new and dangerous reality on the ground.”

Under Trump's plan, Israel’s withdrawal to the yellow line would leave the regime occupying 53 percent of the territory.

A BBC satellite analysis of the new yellow markers indicated they were placed several hundred meters beyond the proposed boundary, representing a further substantial land grab.

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