Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended the heritage minister from government meetings indefinitely, the premier's office said.
In a statement, Netanyahu's office said that "Minister Amichai Eliyahu's statements are not based in reality."
"Israel and the Israeli Defense Forces are operating in accordance with the highest standards of international law to avoid harming innocents," the statement said.
Earlier Sunday, Eliyahu, a minister from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, said dropping a "nuclear bomb" on the Gaza Strip is "an option," according to the daily Times of Israel.
During an interview, Eliyahu also voiced his objection to "allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza."
"We wouldn't hand the Nazis humanitarian aid," the minister said. "There is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza."
The far-right minister also said that the Palestinian population "can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves."
He added: "Anyone waving a Palestinian or Hamas flag shouldn't continue living on the face of the earth."
Meanwhile, opposition leader Yair Lapid called for Eliyahu's dismissal over his remarks.
Lapid dubbed it as "a shocking and crazy statement by an irresponsible minister."
"He harmed the families of the abductees, harmed Israeli society and harmed our international standing," he said on the social media platform X.
"The presence of the extremists in the government endangers us and the success of the war goals-defeating Hamas and returning all the kidnapped," the opposition leader added.
He also stressed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "must fire him this morning."
