Israel Forms Emergency Gov't After Hamas Atrocities Rock the Nation, 'Every Hamas Operative Will Die'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz jointly announced Wednesday that Israel has formed an emergency government and that Gantz will join Netanyahu and current defense minister Yoav Gallant in a wartime cabinet.

The new emergency government comes after the horrific terror attacks by Hamas over the weekend which left at least 1,200 dead, including at least 22 Americans.

Netanyahu took to the social media platform X to say that the Israeli people are united despite the horror attacks:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a joint statement with Defense Minister Yoav Galant and National Unity Chairman MK Benny Gantz:

"Citizens of Israel, this evening we have formed a national emergency government. The people are united and today its leadership is also united. pic.twitter.com/0ffZ8CxTEI
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 11, 2023

The new arrangement strengthens the nation's war footing and makes it clear that fighting Hamas will be its priority. The government won't pass any laws or make any decisions that don't concern the war, the announcement said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel formed an emergency government on Wednesday, adding two opposition lawmakers — both former army chiefs — to his cabinet. Analysts said the infusion of military expertise would give the government greater legitimacy to make tough wartime decisions, including whether to invade Gaza, or even southern Lebanon.
The arrangement came as the devastation of the Hamas incursion over the weekend was becoming clear: bodies in the streets, people shot dead at a bus stop, bullet holes in residential walls. Israel said the death toll in the attack had risen to 1,200, with an estimated 150 people believed to be held hostage in Gaza.

Israel is already striking back and has been hitting Gaza hard.

Israel has ordered a “complete siege” on the enclave, including halting supplies of electricity, food, water and fuel. On Wednesday, Gaza’s only power station stopped working after running out of fuel, the head of the Gaza power authority Galal Ismail told CNN.
People are still able to use power generators, Ismail said, but with a blockade on all sides of the border, the fuel needed for the generators to work is running out.

Netanyahu and Gantz, a former defense minister, angrily decried the terror attacks and vowed retaliation. “There is time for war and time for peace. This, now, is the time for war,” Gantz said during the televised address. Netanyahu:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel did not mince words at a news conference with Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defense minister and Benny Gantz, a political rival who joined in a national unity government today. “Every Hamas member is a dead man,” Netanyahu said, as he promised to "crush and eliminate" the group. He also listed some of the atrocities he said Hamas terrorists had committed. Boys and girls had been found shot in the head, he said. People had been burned alive, women had been raped and killed, and soldiers had been beheaded.

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🚨BREAKING: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: “Every Hamas operative will die. Hamas is ISIS. We will crush them and get rid of them, just as the world crushed and got rid of ISIS”pic.twitter.com/gD5e2RMXbQ
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 11, 2023

The moment news of the Hamas attacks first broke, observers knew it was going to have a huge impact on geopolitics. Israeli leaders are clearly outraged and are taking dramatic action. The questions now become, how long will this war last, and will other countries like the U.S. get drawn into it?

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