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Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz offers political truce to help secure Gaza hostage deal
Benny Gantz proposes a six-month coalition to bypass far-right opposition, focus on releasing 49 hostages held by Hamas, and set elections for spring 2026.
- On August 23, 2025, former Defence Minister Benny Gantz urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to form a unity government to help secure Gaza hostage releases.
- Gantz proposed a temporary coalition excluding far-right parties, aiming to negotiate a hostage release amid opposition parties' previous refusals.
- The call came after Netanyahu’s security cabinet gave the green light earlier this month to broaden the Gaza offensive, a decision that has led to increased protests demanding a ceasefire agreement.
- During a televised press briefing, Gantz emphasized that he represents the voices of the hostages who cannot speak for themselves and stressed that the state's primary responsibility is to protect the lives of all its citizens.
- If implemented, Gantz's plan could reshape Israel's government and pressure Netanyahu's coalition, which faces collapse risks over conscription laws and far-right resistance.
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The outstretched hand of one of the leaders of the Israeli opposition: Benny Gantz offers Netanyahu a "key in hand" coalition to save the last hostages still held in Gaza. An unanswered offer - at this stage - from the government.
Benny Gantz issued the idea on Saturday, August 23, of a government that would go from the centre to the right. This would exclude extreme right-wing formations hostile to any negotiations with Hamas that they wish to destroy.
Israel's former Minister of Defence Benny Gantz wants to secure the release of the hostages through a transitional government. Ultra-right parties should be left out.
Israel's ex-defence minister Benny Gantz offers Netanyahu political truce to help secure Gaza hostage deal
Netanyahu's coalition government depends on support from far-right members who oppose ending the war and making any deal with Palestinian group Hamas, whose October 2023 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war
Benny Gantz, leader of the National Union (Right Center) party, on Saturday evening launched an appeal to Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and two other opposition leaders to form a temporary government to free all hostages in Gaza by ruling out the far right.
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