Israel’s war cabinet member Benny Gantz will hold a press conference in Kfar Maccabiah this evening at 8pm (7pm in Italy), after canceling the one scheduled for last night in which he was supposed to announce his withdrawal from the governing coalition. This was reported by the “Times of Israel” newspaper, according to which the postponement of Saturday’s conference “was apparently a tactical decision in light of yesterday’s rescue of four Israeli hostages from Gaza”, and the National Unity Party would still intend to confirm what everyone predicts.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called on War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz to remain in Israel’s emergency government. “This is a time for unity and not division. We must remain united in the face of the great tasks ahead,” Netanyahu said in a post on X. Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar echoed these calls , also in a post on X. “Right now, Gantz must remain in government, for the sake of Israel’s future,” he wrote.
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“Alongside the justified joy at the result achieved, we must remember that all the challenges Israel faces remain as they are. Therefore, I say to the Prime Minister and the entire leadership, even today we must responsibly consider how it is best and possible to move forward from here “, declared Benny Gantz, a few minutes after the tweet with which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged him not to leave the war cabinet. The result, which the cabinet member spoke of, is the liberation of Hamas hostages in a massive operation in the center of the Gaza Strip.
