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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Gallant: ‘We don’t want war, but we are preparing for all possibilities’
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to soldiers at an Arrow air defense unit on July 31, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells troops at an Arrow long-range missile defense system battery, “We don’t want war, but we are preparing for all possibilities.”
The visit comes after Hezbollah’s most senior military commander was killed in an IDF airstrike in Beirut yesterday, and Hamas’s political leader was allegedly killed by Israel in Tehran this morning.
