"The northern strip, more beautiful than ever. Blowing up and flattening everything, simply a delight for the eyes. (A soldier in Gaza) We must talk about the day after. In my mind, we are dividing plots for all those who fought for Gaza over the years and for the evacuees of Gush Katif - God willing. (Without dimensions)."
When asked about the options for the Gaza Strip Eliyahu said every option is open. Pushed by the interviewer on whether Israel should just drop an atomic bomb on the territory, Eliyahu replied, “That’s one of the options.”
In 1969, the former Defence Minister Moshe Dayan answered affirmatively to the question - regarding the demolition policy - of whether the Ministry of Defence was "acting in such cases according to the principle of collective responsibility of the whole family for one of its members”
