Defense Minister Benny Gantz makes his first trip to southern Israel and the Gaza border area since entering the post, meeting with both military officials and local mayors, his office says.
During the visit, Gantz met with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, head of the Southern Command Herzi Halevi and commander of the Gaza Division Eliezer Toledano, as well as other lower-ranking officers, the Defense Ministry says.
His office says the visit focused on the Palestinian front in Gaza and the challenges on the southern front.
According to the Walla news site, during the visit Gantz said tensions with Gaza “will not disappear, they will stay with us for some years… there will be ups and downs and we are ready for everything.”
In addition to the IDF officers, the defense minister also met with mayors of Gaza periphery towns and traveled throughout the area, visiting soldiers from the 202nd Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade who are stationed on the Gaza border.
— Judah Ari Gross
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