MADRID 5 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The new Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, stressed this Tuesday his commitment to the security of the country and its citizens, and has asserted that his main mission at the head of this new position is to achieve the release of nearly a hundred hostages. who are still held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip more than a year later.
Katz was appointed hours ago as the new Minister of Defense by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dismissed Yoav Gallant from his duties, alluding to a series of disagreements that have become more pronounced in recent times and that make the situation in the country unsustainable. a time when the country has open fronts in the Gaza Strip and on the northern border with Lebanon.
In this context, the new Minister of Defense has assured that they will work “to advance the security system towards victory” and “achieve the objectives of the war.” Katz has stressed that the release of the hostages is the most important mission of value”, as well as the release of hostages, the “destruction of Hamas” in Gaza, the “defeat of Hezbollah” in Lebanon and the “containment of Iranian aggression “.
“I thank Prime Minister Netanyahu for the trust he has placed in me by appointing me to the position of Minister of Defense. I accept this responsibility with a sense of duty and holy fear for the security of the State of Israel and its citizens,” said Katz, whose The Foreign Affairs position will be occupied by Gideon Saar, minister without portfolio and former Netanyahu partner.
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