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Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu also drew headlines for his statements during the war. Notably, Netanyahu stated the war was "a struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness, between humanity and the law of the jungle." [182] [183] Netanyahu also termed the conflict as "Israel's second War of Independence". [184]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel’s response to the attacks would “change the Middle East” after he declared war on Hamas. Netanyahu leads a far-right ultra ...
It is the fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [64] The first day of the war was the deadliest for Israel, and it is the deadliest war for Palestinians in the history of the conflict, [65] sparking an ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.
Israel formally declared a state of war under Article 40A for the first time since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. [14] 300,000 reservists are called up, the most in the nation's history. Its declared aim is to eliminate Hamas's military capabilities and end its rule over the Gaza Strip. [15]
Gantz has little of Netanyahu's experience or flair on the world stage, and critics say his laid-back manner shows indecisiveness and a lack of principles. Gantz has described himself as having ...
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Benjamin Netanyahu [a] (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history, having served a total of over 17 years.
History certainly provides a useful comparison: the last time Israeli intelligence failed to anything like this degree – and with so many casualties – was almost 50 years ago to the day, when ...