From Palestine Chronicle Staff 
Benny Gantz's six-point plan includes demands to “dismantle Hamas' control, demilitarize the Gaza Strip, and ensure Israeli security control.”
Benny Gantz, Israel's war minister, has threatened to withdraw from the coalition government and demanded a post-war action plan by June 8.
“In order for us to be able to fight side by side, the War Cabinet has until June 8 to develop an action plan that will lead to the achievement of six strategic objectives of national importance,” Gantz said at a press conference on Saturday. It must be formulated accordingly.” Go to Israel's Globe News site.
Gantz and his National Unity Party joined Benjamin Netanyahu's government “unconditionally” after the October 7 resistance operation, the report said.
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The report states that the wartime cabinet “must develop an action plan that will lead to the achievement of six strategic objectives of national importance.”
These include:
“To bring back the hostages.” “Dismantle Hamas's rule, demilitarize the Gaza Strip, and ensure Israel's security control.” “Establishing an American, European, Arab, Palestinian administration that would run the civil affairs of the Gaza Strip in parallel with Israel's security management and lay the foundations for a future alternative that is neither Hamas nor Abbas (Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud) Abbas) “Return the northern population to their homes and rebuild the Western Negev by September 1.” “Proceeding with normalization with Saudi Arabia as part of an overall move to build an alliance with the free and Arab world against Iran.” and “to adopt a program of service in which all Israelis will serve the nation and contribute to the highest national effort.”
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“Leading the nation into the abyss”
Gantz also reportedly said in a message to Prime Minister Netanyahu: “If you choose to put national interests above personal interests and follow the path of Herzl, Ben-Gurion, Begin, and Rabin, you will find partners in the struggle among us. But if you are a fanatic, If we choose to take our course and lead the entire country into the abyss, we will be forced to leave the government.”
“We will stand up to the people and establish a government that will earn their trust,'' he said. We will establish a government based on broad unity that will lead to restoration and real victory. ”
Defense Minister Yoav Galant reportedly said last week that he does not agree with Israeli military rule in the Gaza Strip.
Two of the three war ministers are now openly questioning Netanyahu's war strategy.
Gantz said: “No important decisions were made. No necessary leadership acts were taken to guarantee victory.” https://t.co/r1aeyFneCk
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“That's a dangerous and bad option for Israel,” Gallant said, according to the Globes report. “The purpose of military action is diplomatic action.”
“This is a moment of national testing, even if it comes at a political cost,” he was quoted as adding.
In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Gantz's demands include “an end to the war, the defeat of Israel, the abandonment of most of the hostages, leaving Hamas in power, and the creation of a Palestinian state,” Anadolu Agency reported. He said that it means “establishment.”
“Prime Minister Netanyahu is determined to eliminate the Hamas battalions,'' the paper said, “and opposes bringing the Palestinian Authority into Gaza and establishing a Palestinian state that would inevitably become a terrorist state.'' Ta.
More than 35,000 people died
Currently on trial at the International Court of Justice for genocide against the Palestinian people, Israel has been waging a devastating war in Gaza since October 7.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 35,386 Palestinians have been killed and 79,366 injured in the Israeli massacre that has continued in Gaza since October 7.
Additionally, at least 11,000 people are missing across the Strip and are estimated to have died under the rubble of their homes.
Palestinian and international organizations say the majority of casualties are women and children.
The Israeli war resulted in acute famine, mainly in northern Gaza, resulting in the deaths of many Palestinians, mainly children.
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The Israeli invasion has also resulted in the displacement of nearly 2 million people from across the Gaza Strip, with the majority of those displaced being forced into Rafah, a densely populated southern city near the border with Egypt, which is part of Palestine. It is the maximum. It was the first mass exodus since the Nakba in 1948.
Israel announced that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed in the October 7 Al-Aqsa flood operation. Israeli media published reports that day suggesting that many Israelis were killed in “mutual fire.”
(PC, Anadolu)
