Gantz says Israel-Hamas war likely to take months
Israeli emergency cabinet minister Benny Gantz has said that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war is likely to take months, and could potentially include a northern front as well.
“It will take a long time. The war in the south -- and if there is a need also in the north or anywhere else -- might take months, and the rebuilding will take years. Only when (the rebuilding) is complete will we be victorious,” Gantz said at the funeral of Ofir Libstein, the head of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council, who was killed fighting Hamas infiltrators in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7.
“Our goal is not just to defeat Hamas, but to promise that the south will be 100% paradise,” he added. “After the war, after we win, on any front that we fight, we will be dedicated to this rebuilding,” he added.
Source: Naharnet
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