Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered Opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz to form an emergency government amid the devastating attack on Israel by the Hamas terror group.
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Gantz, a former defense minister, met with Netanyahu on Saturday to receive a security briefing and pledged complete support to a determined response to the surprise attack.
Video: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is at war / Credit: Twitter
Earlier, Lapid urged for an emergency government as "Israel is at war. It won't be easy and it won't be short. It has strategic consequences which we haven't seen for many years. There is a serious risk that it will become a multi-front war."
Lapid too met with Netanyahu and told him that "in this emergency situation I'm willing to put aside our differences and form an emergency, narrow, professional government with him to manage the difficult and complex operation ahead of us."
According to Lapid, Netanyahu understood that "with the current extreme and dysfunctional security cabinet, he can't manage a war. Israel needs to be led by a professional, experienced, and responsible government."
Netanyahu reportedly offered Lapid and Gantz to become ministers without a portfolio.
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