A far-right Israeli minister - with the power to bring down the government - has released a provocative video from Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, warning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against any "surrender" in the Gaza war.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, filmed the video in his latest visit to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
"I have come to the most important place for Jewish people to pray for the hostages, that they come home, but not through an accord of surrender, without giving in," he said.
Mr Netanyahu relies on the support of Mr Ben Gvir's far-right Otzma Yehudit party.
Since the government was formed in December 2022, Mr Ben Gvir has repeatedly entered the Al Aqsa site, provoking international condemnation.
The Al Aqsa mosque is Islam's third most holy site. Jews, who call it the Temple Mount, consider it to be their most sacred site. Rabbinical law bans Jews from accessing the compound.
Jordan has condemned Mr Ben Gvir for violating the sanctity of the site. The neighbouring country views itself as a custodian of Jerusalem's sacred sites.
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"I pray and I make efforts so that the prime minister has the energy to not give in, and that he goes all the way by reinforcing military pressure, stopping their fuel, so that we win," Mr Ben Gvir said.
The remarks were promptly condemned by Palestinian politicians.
Jordan's foreign ministry also said that the video was a "provocative step" from an "extremist Israeli government".
Repeated provocative visits to the site
The issue of who has control over and access to the Al-Aqsa mosque is a point of major disagreement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and has often erupted into violence.
It is situated in the Old City of east Jerusalem, which Israel occupied and annexed.
Mr Netanyahu faces growing pressure from the families of hostages in Gaza to accept a ceasefire deal with Hamas that would see the release of some hostages in exchange for some Palestinian prisoners.
The unprecedented 7 October attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
The militants also seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom are still in Gaza, including the bodies of 42 people who the Israeli military says are dead.
