Gantz tells visiting US envoy ‘time is running out’ for deal to calm northern border

National Unity chairman Benny Gantz (right) meets with US envoy Amos Hochstein on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy)
National Unity chairman Benny Gantz (right) meets with US envoy Amos Hochstein on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy)

National Unity chairman Benny Gantz met last night with visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein, his office says in a statement.

Gantz tells the envoy that “time is running out” to reach any sort of diplomatic deal to reinstate calm along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.

According to his office, Gantz stressed to Hochstein that he is committed to “removing the threat Hezbollah poses to the citizens of northern Israel, regardless of developments on the war in Gaza.”

Gantz, who left the coalition last week, says he will therefore support “any responsible and effective political or military decision on the matter from outside the government.”

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