Tuvia Smotrich, the brother of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, published a post on X on Tuesday in which he stated that elections are needed in light of the negotiations for a hostage release deal.

JERUSALEM, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Angry members of some of the families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza harangued Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday over his opposition to a deal being ...

Despite this, Smotrich also said that. since the Hamas terrorist attacks, he and his colleagues "have been doing everything" to achieve the "main goal of victory and the return of the hostages.