Limor Livnat and Itamar Ben Gvir confront in a make-up room of News 13/News 13
The chairman of religious Zionism, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, today (Monday) appealed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to immediately convene the political-security cabinet against the backdrop of the withdrawal of IDF forces from Khan Yunis. "Following the current situation of withdrawing the maneuvering forces from Gaza and lowering the intensity of the war in general while delaying the entry into Rafah for very long weeks, together with the reports of Israeli willingness to discuss the return of the residents of Gaza to the northern Gaza Strip and in practice to bring about an end to the war, and in addition to the publications about the granting of a very extensive mandate to the cargo teams And Matan, I demand that you convene a special discussion of the expanded cabinet this evening where we will receive a full update and all the information on the state of the war," Smotrich wrote to Netanyahu.
According to him, "The only forum authorized to make decisive decisions in time of war is the expanded cabinet, but unfortunately that's not how things work and we see that decisions are made in the limited cabinet without the approval or updating of the expanded cabinet under international pressures that harm the momentum of the war and our security interests. I've already been warning for weeks that instead of taking our foot off the gas, we need to increase the pressure on Hamas in Gaza, and this is the only way we can return the abductees and destroy Hamas. That is why I repeat my demand to convene the expanded political cabinet this evening for an urgent discussion on the issue."
Netanyahu and Ben Gvir/photo processing, Haim Tzach/L.A.M
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gabir also spoke out on the matter, saying that "if the prime minister decides to end the war without an extensive attack on Rafah to defeat Hamas, he will not have a mandate to continue serving as prime minister."
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A message to Netanyahu. Ben Gvir/Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel
As you may recall, yesterday it was announced that after months of fighting in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF completed the withdrawal of Division 98 from the Khan Yunis area. The army realized that the tree maneuver in the southern Gaza Strip had exhausted itself - and chose to switch to a more focused method of fighting - which would be based on raids from the outside, established Modi'in, who will apply pressure and create deterrence.
The method of fighting in this configuration has been tried recently in the Netzer corridor, which crosses the Gaza Strip, and now, as mentioned, the 98th Division will also switch to this fighting in Khan Yunis. Despite the withdrawal from the south of the Gaza Strip, there are forces that remain in Gaza, and additional forces can be flown into the corridor any time The army realized that there is no benefit in the presence of the force itself for the sake of its presence - and moreover, this may even cause additional losses - and therefore it is correct to act based on accurate intelligence.
IDF forces in Khan Yunis/IDF spokesman
In the last four months, Division 98 operated in the south of the Gaza Strip and completely dismantled the Khan Yunis Brigade - as part of their activities, the fighters of the division eliminated thousands of terrorists. Also, the fighters physically fought dozens of meters underground. Under the division, over 30,000 meters of underground media were destroyed - most of which were strategic tunnels used by the terrorists - and are considered Sinwar's greatest asset.
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