Key facts
- Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claims US envoy Steve Witkoff referred to Gaza's entire population as "two million Nazis".
- The alleged remarks were made during a private meeting after Witkoff's visit to Gaza last August.
- Witkoff was appointed as the US special envoy to the Middle East.
- Smotrich also called for permanent Israeli territorial expansion in Lebanon at the same conference.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has alleged that US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, described the entire population of Gaza as "two million Nazis" during a private meeting last year. Smotrich recounted the incident at a conference in Israel, stating that the remarks were made after Witkoff's visit to Gaza in August, a period when Israel was implementing a campaign that restricted food entry into the territory.