ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
‘It is not political, it is a shared fate,’ Gantz says on unity gov’t
Reuters and ILH Staff
October 12, 2023

Israel formed an emergency unity government on Wednesday as its jets pounded Gaza and tanks massed around the Palestinian enclave, and the army said it killed three Hamas terrorists in a fresh confrontation on nearby Israeli territory. Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, a centrist opposition leader, spoke live on Israeli television alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after forming a war cabinet focused entirely on the conflict. “Our partnership is not political, it is a shared fate,” said Gantz. “At this time we are all the soldiers of Israel.” READ MORE