Tag: Yoav Gallant
ICC may issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Gallant this week
Jerusalem believes that the International Criminal Court in The Hague will issue arrest warrants against senior officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as early as this week.
Diplomatic efforts to thwart ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim...
US reiterates ‘ironclad’ support for Israel as IDF preps for Iranian attack
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated on Thursday Washington’s commitment to upholding Israel’s security, as the Israel Defense Forces continued preparations for an expected Iranian attack on the home front.
Austin spoke with Israeli Defense...
Israel to open new crossing to ‘flood’ Gaza with aid
Israel will open a new land crossing to the Gaza Strip designed primarily to facilitate the entry of foreign aid, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday.
Gallant told reporters that the new crossing...
Gallant: IDF expanding attacks on Hezbollah, readiness for war
The Israel Defense Forces is working to increase its readiness for a possible war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday.
He added that the military is expanding its operations against...
Gallant: IDF will ‘soon address’ last Hamas brigade in Rafah
The Israel Defense Forces will soon attack the last Hamas terror brigade in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday.
Gallant...
Gallant in US: ‘War’s outcome will shape region for years to come’
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant met separately with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday in Washington, D.C., to discuss Israel’s ongoing war against...
Gallant: Israel has ‘no moral right’ to end war against Hamas
Jerusalem has “no moral right” to cease the military operation against Hamas while 134 hostages remain in Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday, ahead of meetings with White House officials.
“The lack of...
IDF inching closer to Rafah op, Gallant hints during Gaza visit
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, during a visit to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, seemed to indicate that the Israel Defense Forces operation against Hamas battalions in the southernmost city of Rafah will happen...
Gallant: Hezbollah pushing Israel towards decision on IDF op
Hezbollah’s attacks on Israeli territory are pushing Jerusalem towards a “critical point” in its decision-making process regarding a possible operation against the terrorist group in Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told senior White...
Gallant: Will only support haredi draft if entire coalition does
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday demanded that every member of the government must support a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) conscription law if it is to win his support.
Speaking at a press conference at IDF headquarters in...