The national security minister visits the Jewish holy site, urges Netanyahu to defeat Hamas and recover the hostages
(Oct. 8, 2025 / JNS) Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Wednesday, declaring victory at the holiest site in Judaism two years after the Hamas-led Palestinian terrorist invasion of the northwestern Negev.
“We are two years after the terrible massacre—here at the Temple Mount there is victory, in every house in Gaza there is a picture of the Temple Mount, and we today, two years later, are victorious at the Temple Mount,” the head of the Oztma Yehudit Party said.
“We are the masters of the Temple Mount. I only pray that our prime minister will allow a complete victory in Gaza as well—to destroy Hamas, with God’s help to bring back the hostages, and we will achieve a total victory,” Ben-Gvir continued.