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Ben Gvir appears to call on Netanyahu to launch preemptive strikes
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Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends a conference called 'Israel's return to the Temple Mount,' at the Knesset on July 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Far-Right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir appears to call on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch preemptive strikes.
“Mr. Prime Minister, Eshkol did not wait,” Ben Gvir posts on X, an apparent reference to former prime minister Levi Eshkol, who led Israel during the 1967 Six Day War.
Israel is bracing for Iran and the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah to respond to the assassinations of top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
Israel has not claimed Haniyeh’s killing.
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