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June 9: Following Gantz, Eisenkot also resigns, says war cabinet paralyzed by outside considerations
Far-right chiefs vie for spot in war cabinet as Gantz exits * IDF drone hits Hezbollah cell firing anti-aircraft missiles * White House says rhetoric at anti-Israel rally ‘repugnant’
By Joshua Davidovich,
Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff 9 June 2024, 3:38 am Edit
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Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff 9 June 2024, 3:38 am Edit
- War cabinet ministers Gadi Eisenkot (right) and Benny Gantz hold a press conference at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 26, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90/ File)
- A local Druze man tries to put out flames in a field after rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed on the Banias area in the Golan Heights on June 9, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
- A small airship calling for their release of hostages held in Gaza flies over Tel Aviv on June 9, 2024. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
- National Unity party head Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Ramat Gan on June 9, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
- A Palestinian man inspects damage a day after a hostage rescue operation by Israel in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
- Troops operating in the Gaza Strip in an undated photo released for publication by the military on June 9, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
- Israelis lining roads in Jerusalem wave flags on June 9, 2024, as they pay respects to the funeral procession for officer Arnon Zamora, who was killed in battle in a special forces operation in Gaza where four Israeli hostages were rescued a day earlier. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Andrey Kozlov (C), freed from Gaza in an Israeli military operation a day earlier, meets with his parents at Sheba Medical Center, June 9, 2024. (Hostage and Missing Families Forum)
- Carrying an weapon, a man pushes a baby stroller past a wall with photographs of hostages who were kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP/Leo Correa)
- A group of protesters rest at the foot of the vandalized statue of French General Marquis de Lafayette at the end of an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian in front of the White House in Washington, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)