par This Is Beirut, 07/01 15:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a war council meeting on Sunday that the current war will not end until all the objectives have been achieved, as reported by the Israeli media Haaretz. These objectives include the elimination of Hamas, the return of all Israeli hostages and a guarantee that Gaza will no longer represent a threat to ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/03 23:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benny Gantz, an influential member of Israel's war cabinet, will meet in Washington on Monday with top US officials to discuss efforts toward a temporary ceasefire in Gaza and increased humanitarian aid, a White House official said. Gantz is to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and separately with White House national security advisor Jake ...
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Israeli Minister Benny Gantz, a member of the Israeli war cabinet and the main political rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called for early legislative elections on Wednesday. "We will soon be calling on voters, and for that, we must agree on a consensual date in September for the legislative elections," said Gantz, who is also a member ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/04 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv and Haifa with smaller gatherings taking place nationwide, in addition to several thousands more in Herzliya, Karkur, Kfar Saba, Caesarea, and Ra’anana, as reported by The Times of Israel. In Caesarea, protesters were demanding new elections and called on Prime Minister ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said Wednesday that "Hamas is defeated" as fighting raged on in the Gaza Strip and negotiations towards a truce seemed to falter. Gantz, a former army chief and defense minister, warned of a long war, saying Israeli forces would have to fight in Gaza for years to come. More than six months into the war ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/04 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benny Gantz Bezalel Smotrich Gaza Hamas Israel
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz called for Hamas to be destroyed, as planned by the government when it went to war after the Islamist movement's October 7 attack. "If you decide to raise a white flag and cancel the plan to occupy Rafah aimed at destroying Hamas in order to restore security to ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/05 22:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Minister without portfolio in Israel's war cabinet, Benny Gantz threatened on Saturday evening to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's current government, if it failed to propose a clear vision for the post-war period in Gaza. At a press conference, Gantz said he wanted the war cabinet to draw up a six-point plan by June 8. After this date, ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/05 19:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The centrist party of Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Thursday it had submitted a bill to dissolve parliament and hold an early election. "The head of the National Union Party, Pnina Tamano-Shata, has put forward a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset. This follows the request of party leader Minister Benny Gantz to move forward in ...
par This Is Beirut, 30/05 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Intense shelling and gunfire rocked Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday, after Israel declared it had seized a strategic corridor along the Palestinian territory's border with Egypt. Israel launched its military incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the safety of civilians sheltering in the city. A strike that ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/06 19:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's three-men war cabinet, will deliver a speech on Saturday evening, during which he is expected to announce his resignation from the emergency government. The move is understood to come as a result from deep disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the vision for a post-war Gaza. Gantz set a ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/06 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benny Gantz, a former Israeli general and defense minister, announced his resignation from the emergency body after failing to get a post-war plan for Gaza approved by Netanyahu, which he demanded in May. His departure is not expected to bring down the government, a coalition including religious and ultra-nationalist parties, but it marks the ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/06 10:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Anthony Blinken Benny Gantz Biden Ceasefire Deal
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to visit the Middle East on Monday, in his eight visits since the start of the war in Gaza, as he pushes president Joe Biden's seemingly stalling ceasefire plan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan, but Israeli politics and silence from ...
