Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday said the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is moving to "full offence" against Hamas targets as the counter-offensive in the wake of the terror attacks rages on, The Times of Israel reported.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, together with President Isaac Herzog, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant attended the state memorial ceremony on Mount Herzl for the fallen of the Yom Kippur War.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended greetings to his “friend” Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish community around the world on Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant helped save a life this week by agreeing to take a call from a man who was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off his sixth-floor balcony, it was disclosed on Wednesday.
They discussed “various regional and global developments… [and] avenues to further strengthen strategic ties and cooperate in the face of common challenges,” according to an Israeli statement.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in a statement shared on Telegram said it launched an "extensive counterterrorism effort in the area of the city of Jenin and the Jenin Camp," striking "terrorist infrastructure."
The "extensive and precedent-setting" effort over the past week resulted in the confiscation of millions of dollars worth of digital currency earmarked for terrorism, Gallant said.
Anticipating a barrage of Palestinian rocket fire, which began on Wednesday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant approved the evacuation plan, called "Gust of Wind," in anticipation of retaliatory rocket fire from terrorist factions in Gaza.
As rockets continued to be fired at southern and central Israel, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered the security establishment to prepare "a series of additional operations" against Gaza and stressed that Israelis should brace for longer range Palestinian rocket fire.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, whose sacking prompted protests across Israel, is likely to retain his job as he is willing to issue an apology in writing while also have to confirm his loyalty to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Times of Israel reported citing a Hebrew media.