{
  "id": 15842758,
  "title": "Smotrich says Israel should ‘annex’ territory it occupies in Gaza and Lebanon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/smotrich-says-israel-should-annex-territory-it-occupies-in-gaza-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T02:55:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/smotrich-says-israel-should-annex-territory-it-occupies-gaza-and-lebanon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smotrich says Israel should ‘annex’ territory it occupies in Gaza and Lebanon Speaking on a podcast, far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said Israel should annex territory it currently occupies in Gaza and Lebanon in order to \"make them truly feel the cost of their mistake and the cost of their defeat\". \"We need to annex at least up to the lines we’re currently holding. And if Hezbollah…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}