Netanyahu suspends Israeli minister over Gaza nuclear ‘option’ comment

Amihai Eliyahu said Palestinians can 'go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves'

Palestinians carry a body after the Israeli bombardment in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Picture AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A far-right Israeli minister has said that Israel should consider using nuclear weapons in Gaza, and the Palestinian people there should "go to Ireland or deserts."

Amihai Eliyahu is a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit, or 'Jewish Power' party, one of the parties in Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.