JERUSALEM, Undefined– Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday an 'emergency government' with an opposition party leader, Benny Gantz, for the duration of the war with Gaza militants.
Israeli soldiers are positioned alongside their armoured vehicles near the border with Gaza on October 11, 2023. Israel appeared to be readying for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, but faces the threat of a multi-front war after also coming under rocket attack from militant groups in neighbouring Lebanon and Syria.
"Following a meeting ... held today, the two agreed on establishing an emergency government and war cabinet," said a joint statement by the premier and Gantz, a former defence minister and army chief.The three-member"war cabinet" would include Netanyahu, Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, according to the statement.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid has not joined his former ally Gantz, but the statement said a seat would be"reserved" for him in the war cabinet.Israel's firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on X, formerly Twitter, that he"welcomes the unity, now we must win". "During the war, no bills or government-sponsored motions that are unrelated to the war would be advanced," the statement said.
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