Tag: Yoav Gallant

The preparations are particularly focused on the evacuation of civilians and the expansion of delivery of food and medical equipment to Gaza.

“It's time for the Prime Minister to consider replacing Minister Gallant,” Ben Gvir concluded.

The minister focused on the opportunity to establish an international coalition and strategic alliance to counter the threat posed by Iran.

“We are closely monitoring a planned attack by Iran and its proxies against the State of Israel."

Gallant also toured the IDF Southern Command and a new Humanitarian Coordination and Deconfliction Cell with US Ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew.

It may be time for PM Netanyahu to fire his defense minister who routinely sides with the security establishment and the Gantz and Eisenkot duo.

"One of the issues that will come before us in the near future will be how we deal with the return of the residents to their homes."

"While I sit here in the Pentagon, Hamas leader [Ismail] Haniyeh is meeting with Iranian leadership. The picture is clear."

“We will also discuss the need to return Israel’s northern communities to their homes, whether this is achieved via military action or via agreement.”

DM Gallant will "raise the importance of maintaining and further deepening the important cooperation between the defense establishments of both countries."

"There were times we agreed with our friends, and there were times we did not agree with them. . . We always did what was essential for our safety, and we will do so this time as well."

“Even those who think we are delayed, will soon see that we will reach every location [necessary]."

“We will work so that the aid reaches those in need and not those who do not."

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi met Saturday with Shin Bet director Ronen Bar to approve plans for the continuation of the war in Gaza.

"Jointly bearing the burden is essential to winning the war. This is not a partisan issue. This is not a sector matter. It is a national, top security matter."

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: “We will continue the fire and we will do so independently from the south, until we achieve our goals" to push Hezbollah back to the Litani River.

"The full return of civilians to the northern area of the Gaza Strip will only take place following the return of all the hostages.”

According to Arab media, Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on a neighborhood in the Beka'a area, 100 kilometers (62 miles) deep into Lebanon, for the first time since the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

Some 80,000 northern Israelis have been displaced by Hezbollah rocket barrages since the start of the war launched by Hamas against Israel.

The defense minister also raised the issue of Iranian aggression via its proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

"The surrender of hundreds of terrorists in the hospitals in Khan Younis proves the Hamas Khan Younis Brigade has been defeated."

"We penetrated the heart of the most sensitive places of Hamas and are using their intelligence against them."

"The end of every terrorist in Rafah will be the end of those in Khan Younis and Gaza: surrender or death."

The presence of Hezbollah forces along the Israeli border presents an imminent threat of a repeat of October 7, Levy said.

The military's largest regular-service armored division exited the Gaza Strip for rest and training.

"While this budget is indeed an annual budget, it is a budget for a year in which we are at war. This requires us to incur far greater security expenditures than we planned."

This is not what the soldiers in the field want.

"We will not tolerate the threats posed by the Iranian proxy, Hezbollah and we will ensure the security of our citizens.”

"We are not giving up, we are not stopping the onslaught now, as I’m hearing from many erroneous sources."

“This operation will reach every point that needs to be reached. We are going for the absolute elimination of the Hamas terror organization."