Smotrich: The destruction of Hamas is more important than the return of detainees in Gaza. Lapid described Smotrich's position regarding Israeli detainees as a "moral disgrace" Lapid previously said that Israel "will neither be safe nor a moral state nor will it win the war unless the kidnappers return" The Israeli opposition leader also previously called for the formation of a new government, and believed that the time had come for Benjamin Netanyahu's government to step down, stressing that the person "the greatest disaster we have witnessed occurred must be removed from our lives"