gantz's departure comes days after netanyahu netanyahu, rather failed to meet gantz's ultimatum, which was calling for a post-war plan in gaza by june 8 yesterday, we're also learning new details about saturday's rescue operation can four israeli hostages from hamas? there were significant casualties. the gaza ministry of health says the raid led to the deadliest day in gaza in the last six months, killing over 270 people and leaving hundreds more injured. israel disputes that number, saying the casualties were under 100 read cnn has a team of correspondence around the world covering all of these developments let's first go to cnn's paula hancocks live for us in tel aviv. paula so benny gantz, he had vowed to withdraw from the war cabinet, but has been facing pressure in recent days to remain in place. what more are you hearing about his decision making? >> well fed, he said that it was with a heavy hearts that he was deciding to leave the emergency government that saying that it was necessary calling on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to cool new elections. saying that netan

that was benny gantz, art of elections. that was benny gantz, part of prime _ elections.signation from the government. the prime minister has reacted, in fact, he did so as benny gantz was speaking. i am going to translate it for you, it is in hebrew. israel is in an existential war on multiple fronts. benny, this is not the time to abandon the campaign. this is the time tojoin forces. abandon the campaign. this is the time to join forces. citizens of israel, we will continue until the victory and the achievement of all the goals of the war, primarily the release of all our hostages and the elimination of hamas. my daughter will remain open to any zionist party willing to shoulder the burden and help attain victory over our enemies and ensure the safety of our citizens. that was benjamin netanyahu's response to benny gantz standing down from his government. he has quit government in a live news conference. jon he has quit government in a live news conference. jon donnison is following events for us and was watching that live as well from israel. just put it into context,

gantz resignation. which is according to most of his critics was related by at least five or six days -- months. to a large extent, any guest in decision-making and the cabinet was marginal. his ability to affect change in both the prosecution of the war and in developing and crafting a strategy for postwar in gaza was marginal. he essentially became an enabler. i think if you read stephen cook's article on foreign- policy yesterday, even the americans got him wrong in terms of thinking he is some centrist, even left of center. in terms of policy, he is a decent man. there is no malice there. he meant well when he joined the government. it was a time of emergency. effectively, he enabled netanyahu. he is complacent and he is an accomplice to every mistake, every strategic fluid assumption that this government made. now, in terms of how this will affect the war, it doesn't change the fundamental element, the fundamental parameters of what needs to be done. israel still faces a binary choice, except the p

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netanyahu appealed to benny gantz to remain in the war cabinet after benny gantz made the announcementsage on a social media. our international editor jeremy bowen has been following the developments. this is the quote that in his press conference he was going to say it yesterday but he put it off for 2h hours after the hostage rescue. he said "faithful strategic decisions "are stuck due to hesitation and procrastination out "of political considerations," talking about benjamin netanyahu, by political considerations he means the desire to stay in power and perhaps prolong the war when he could be doing a deal. and to avoid the reckoning with the israeli people about the mistakes that led up to the security failures of 7 october, which a lot of israelis blame netanyahu for. benny gantz is hoping this move will start the destruction of the netanyahu government and there will be elections and the polls say if there were elections he would become the prime minister. it might backfire because netanyahu is reliant on the votes to keep his coalition going of ultranationalist far—right element

when benny gantz make that statement, _ this? when benny gantz make that statement, going - this?ng back. this? when benny gantz make that statement, going back a i that statement, going back a couple of weeks, about this during the eight deadline which obviously is today... if the conditions he had laid out for is that netanyahu had not been met, he would withdraw politically and that would damage the coalition that prime minister netanyahu operates minister neta nyahu operates under. minister netanyahu operates under. the fact he has now not given this press conference, and perhaps this was a way of prime minister netanyahu calling the bluff on the withdrawal from the coalition... we've also seen that the coalition is very fragile for prime minister netanyahu, and he has pressure on one side from people like benny gantz, and on the other sand there side, the far right end of the political spectrum, there were members of the coalition who vowed that unless israel continues on the path to what they claim is total victory against hamas, they are going to withdraw their support. ——

this its removal of gantz from the coalition. the emergency government, but he does netanyahu's still have a majority so it means the government itself won't collapse. there is a concern that it could become more right-wing. >> fred alright. paula hancocks, and then wiedemann. thanks. to both of you. >> all right. let's dive even deeper into all of this with me now, former state department middle east negotiator, aaron david miller, and cnn national security analysts peter berg and good to see both of you and ehlmann all right. >> so erin, you first what are the immediate ramifications of benny gantz leaving at this stage of the war in gaza do you see this as a big blow, not just to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but also to the overall strategy i mean, i think for the tin you, this is a problem now is to contend with two right-wing extremist ministers are one of whom is pressing to become a member of the war cabinet with which the prime minister ensures on the cusp of resolving of dissolving. yeah, i think the internatio

you've been listening to the israeli war cabinet minister benny gantz.here in this announcement he says, true victory is to bring the hostages home. however, he was critical of netanyahu's strategy, saying it's time to change the national priority and bluntly said fortunately netanyahu is preventing us from victory therefore, we will leave the emergency government. i think he said with a heavy heart that coming from the war cabinet minister, that hey, gas. so what is next? i've got a team of correspondence also listening in, watching all the latest circumstances and this breaking news cnn's paula hancocks live for us in tel aviv and paul of this coming a day after four hostages were rescued by the idf in a joint mission. this was a press conference that was scheduled yesterday benny gantz delaying it till today. but very emphatic that he thinks this is the time in which to leave that's right, fred. >> and as you so we were expecting this resignation on saturday, but it has come this sunday and he has said that israel should not put up with empty hamas's

. >>> on this new power of ayman, what does the departure of benny gantz mean for the war on gaza? >>> also, why are migrant families still being separated at the u.s. border and being left in limbo? i am ayman mohyeldin. let's do it. >>> we begin with an important seismic shakeup in the israeli government. benny gantz, one of the three core members of israel's work cabinet and benjamin netanyahu's top political rival has resigned. in a press conference today he said quote, netanyahu prevents us from moving forward to real victory, and accused his far right coalition of prioritizing political convictions of her work strategy. last month gantz made a public ultimatum, resent a plan for the day after the war in gaza by june 8th or else. it was one of the most visible signs of division within the emergency wartime government. a team of political rivals who had until recently projected unity, but netanyahu has not produced a plan for gaza's future beyond rejecting a two state solution and insisting on israel's long-term security oversight over gaza and the west bank so gantz followed t

i think benny gantz served as a useful foil for i gantz served as a useful foil for netanyahu personallyat he's unwilling to stand up to the far right within his own cabinet. the last nine months, with the tens of thousands of civilians being killed on the palestinian side and no movement towards not only a cease—fire, but a solution for gaza, bringing the authority in. i think it shows the netanyahu government doesn't really have a plan to move forward except to just keep on have a plan to move forward except tojust keep on bombing gaza. of course, the civilian cost of this regard is tremendous on the palestinian population. thank you ve much palestinian population. thank you very much indeed. _ palestinian population. thank you very much indeed. just _ palestinian population. thank you very much indeed. just briefly, i palestinian population. thank you | very much indeed. just briefly, the us secretary of state said he emphasised the importance of a post—conflict plan in gaza meeting on monday. that has been addressed in that meeting. now time for the look at the weather. hello there,

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we now know that benny gantz has done that.e mentioned in that press conference, jon. one of those was the defence minister, yoav gallant. the other, another former military chief, like benny gantz, was gadi eisenkot. he also had spoken about possibly standing down, hadn't he? he had done, yes. and it's not clear at the moment whether he will do as well. that remains to be seen. but as i say, he would be the removal of another very experienced voice, long military experience and at a time, of course, when israel is at war. officials from the hamas—run health ministry in gaza way say that the israeli raid on a refugee camp on saturday which led to the rescue of four hostages led to the deaths of nearly 300 palestinians. a spokesman for the armed wing of hamas says that three hostages were also killed during the operation. 0ne one of those with a us passport. we haven't been able independently to verify that claim. several hundred palestinians were also wounded in that rain, hamas accusing the israelis of carrying out a massacre

in fact, benny gantz's numbers have gone the other way. the decision he is taken reflects on the growing confidence of the prime minister. >> yes and no. the longer we get away from october 7, the more netanyahu's numbers will stabilize but overall he is still hugely unpopular. once we go to elections at some point, we will see some political jokers being thrown into the political spectrum, such as the former prime minister naftali bennett, joseph common, they will likely join israeli politics. if they do, netanyahu has no future because they will steal most of the votes from likud and benny gantz. once there are elections held, i believe netanyahu's days are absolutely numbered. christian: live pictures coming to us from jerusalem. more protests again tonight. this is in the heart of jerusalem, you can see the protesters walking through the streets presumably toward the parliament. we said at the outset, some of our commentators said at the outset, we think there are weeks to run for this conflict. do you see that looking at the size of t

netanyahu appealed to benny gantz to remain in the war cabinet after benny gantz made the announcementthis is the quote that — in his press conference he was going to say it yesterday but he put it off for 24 hours, after the hostage rescue. he said "faithful strategic decisions "are stuck due to hesitation and procrastination out "of political considerations," talking about benjamin netanyahu, by political considerations he means netanyahu's desire to stay in power and perhaps prolong the war when he could be doing a deal. and to avoid the reckoning with the israeli people about the mistakes that led up to the security failures of 7 october, which a lot of israelis blame netanyahu for. benny gantz is hoping this move will start the destruction of the netanyahu government and there will be elections and the polls say if there were elections he would become the prime minister. it might backfire because netanyahu is reliant on the votes to keep his coalition going of ultranationalist far—right elements who want the war to continue into gaza, put settlers into gaza, they will now perhaps

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and of course, without benny gantz who there's no dove. but without him.hen netanyahu could be even more beholden to those far-right ministers in his governments. so that could lead to perhaps an intensification of the war with hamas in the gaza strip. i think more likely what we are going to see is less receptive if we can use that phrase towards the possibility of a hostage deal. indeed, both itamar ben gvir, the national security minister, of finance, minister bezalel smotrich which have already said that if that hostage deal that was announced by president biden and which the american say israel has already accepted. if that goes ahead and ultimately leads to a full cessation of hostilities with hamas that they would view that as a capitulation to hamas, as a defeat. and they would therefore bolt the government meaning that netanyahu's government would indeed collapse elections would be held and opinion polls suggest if they were held, right now, benny gantz would win and netanyahu it lose so that's one possibility i suppose ultimate also for netanyahu

what does the war cabinet without gantz look like on the ground? >> well, good morning, victor. i think it looks less moderate and if you can use the term moderate in quotation marks because the way the idf has conducted this effort, it, this war effort in gaza, it's really doesn't look like it's a an operation if they're handling with kid gloves, they're using brute force tactics in many instances and ben described at the top of his port there are still very major operations going on. so in the short term, the departure of the potential departure of defense minister against will not change those operations. and in fact, it could basically exacerbate debate the tensions that are already very high between the civilian population in gaza and the idf. so i think these are the kinds of things that we have to look for. i think that against this departure may result in even less moderate approach. when it comes to the conduct of the war david, betty guys gave netanyahu and ultimatum. he wanted to hear the plan to get the hostages back to israel. and what is the plan for a post-war gaz

what he does, he used in a way, he used gantz as sort of a shelter, a shield because once gantz and thether former chief of staff are part of the war cabinet, that really makes the decisions, they are agreeing to everything that this government is doing. and they have gave a sense of some kind of reasonable decision making process. though gantz as he said himself was deprived. the government will deprive netanyahu from any kind of any remain of central school of thought in his government. he will be left only with the extreme ultra right, the extreme religious orthodox. and i think that this will, according to many political analysts, will bring the end of this government much much closer. gantz they say in time will regret, the fact that he did not resign. i don't know if he's going to do this today, as you said. he delayed once many times. he wants to stay in the government some people say, but i'm sure that in retrospect, gantz will regret not doing it many many months ago. >> it is 8:00 p.m. israel time. we're expecting an announcement from gantz. thank you he's the author of the bo

mr netanyahu had called on mr gantz to remain in the war cabinet. posted this message on the social media platform x: let's speak to dr benjamin radd — political scientist at ucla's middle east centre for development. benny gantz stepping down and pulling his party from the coalition, no surprise, what was your reaction? it coalition, no surprise, what was your reaction?- was your reaction? it is telegraphed _ was your reaction? it is telegraphed he - was your reaction? it is telegraphed he said - was your reaction? it is telegraphed he said he| was your reaction? it 3 telegraphed he said he would do it and he expects benjamin netanyahu to offer a day after proposal what would happen once israel did manage to rout hamas from gaza, netanyahu failing to clearly articulate a vision for a post gaza reconstruction programme leaving benny gantz little choice but to leave the cabinet if that were to happen. where does this leave benjamin netanyahu? it where does this leave ben'amin netanyahuvfi where does this leave ben'amin netanyahu? it leave some with a

but we now know today that that did not reverses decision and said benny gantz is departing. the government is also, of course, coming on the heels of the operation that you just heard ben talk about that rescue operation that occurred yesterday. now, today, the nationals purity adviser, jake sullivan, was asked about that on cnn and whether the us was comfortable, given the toll on civilians, take a listen to what he had to say the president himself has said in recent days that the palestinian people are going through sheer hell in this conflict because hamas is operating in a way that puts them in the cross-fire that holds hostages, right in the heart of crowded civilian areas. >> unfortunately, notably, we're going to continue to see ongoing conflict and military operations in which israel makes efforts to recover its citizens. and frankly to recover american citizens what we would much prefer to see is a ceasefire where the hostages come out peacefully so you heard the national security adviser they're continuing to push for a diplomatic solution that is what we continue

celebrated the rescue of 400 inside gaza israeli opposition leader and war or cabinet member benny gantz announced he's resigning from the government back in may yan's gave netanyahu an ultimatum, calling for a plan to end the war in gaza bring all the hostages home. >> or he said he would quit. well, that deadline came yesterday was of course, the same day israel's military conducted a special operation to rescue those hostages this from gaza. >> and today, we're learning new details about that surprise mission cnn's paula hancocks is live in tel aviv. >> she's been tracking the latest developments and paula, let's start first with what's happening inside the israeli government. how is prime minister netanyahu responding to this well, jessica, he has already effectively asked gantz to come back. he has said on x formerly known as twitter, that now is not the time to abandon the campaign, saying it is a time for unity, not division. this is something that we were expecting gantz saying that there wasn't a day after plan, that there wasn't a decisive plan to get the hostages back, and the

this is very interesting, because this was a deadline imposed by benny gantz.tanyahu for gaza, and he said if there was no plan, he would quit the government. he has been facing a lot of pressure from members of his own party who say he should return to the opposition. obviously we focus a lot on benny gantz, because he is seen as a possible candidate to be the next prime minister in the next elections in israel. so now he has cancelled this statement. he was widely expected to announce his decision to leave the government. after the rescue operation, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu asked benny gantz to reconsider his decision. so i think there was a fear here that with the decision by benny gantz to leave the government, this could give more power to those radical far right ministers in the government. but it seems that, for now, this crisis has been averted. talking about this rescue operation and having unfolded, and the high civilian death toll we have seen on the palestinian side, ijust want to get your assessment about what you think it means for an

mr netanyahu appealed to mr gantz to remain in the war cabinet.t, mr netanyahu posted this message on the social media platform x. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has been following the developments. this is the quote that in his press conference he was going to settle yesterday but he put it off for 24 hours after the hostage rescue. he said faithful strategic decisions are stark due to hesitation and procrastination out of political considerations, talking about benjamin netanyahu, by political neta nyahu, by political considerations netanyahu, by political considerations he means the desire to stay in power and perhaps prolong the war when he could be doing a deal. and to avoid the reckoning with the israeli people about the mistakes that led up to the security failures of 7 october was a lot of israelis blame netanyahu for. benny gantz is hoping this move will start the destruction of the netanyahu government and there will be elections in the polls see if there were elections he would become the prime minister. it might backfire because

we now know that benny gantz has done that.e was the defence minister, yoav gallant. the other, another former military chief, like benny gantz, was gadi eisenkot. he also had spoken about possibly standing down, hadn't he? he had done, yes. and it's not clear at the moment whether he will do as well. that remains to be seen. but as i say, he would be the removal of another very experienced voice, long military experience and at a time, of course, when israel is at war. that was the latest from jerusalem. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the weather for the week ahead is perhaps not the story you once, no significant sunshine or warmth, in fact the story in armagh sets the scene, cloudy skies with light rain and drizzle. that rain sinking steadily southwards and it will clear away from eastern england and south—east england during monday morning. behind it, this northerly wind and this cooler air source starts to kick in across the country. so a rash of showers, a cold, brisk wind driving those showers in off exposed

resignation what jessica netanyahu is ready, called for gantz to come back into the coalition. his loss really does make netanyahu more isolated domestically and internationally. gantz was seen as a counterweight to the more foreign right elements of netanyahu's government is emergency government. and of course, the concern now is, will those far-right elements that have more say in the way the four is conducted. and of course, whether or not this hostage ceasefire deal is going to go through gantz was a real supporter of that biden proposal based on the israeli proposal. so there are concerns about what this is for the hostages still in gaza. >> alright. paula hancocks, live in tel aviv for us tonight. thank you so much for that. representative, jake aacn, class of massachusetts, is joining us now to talk more about this and some other topics. congressman, thanks for coming on. we appreciate you. being here tonight. i know you have been pushing for a ceasefire-hostage deal. we just heard paula layout. what benny gantz resigning from the government likely does, and that there a

now gantz has gone from that.ot national security minister itamar ben gvir hey, who never even served in the israeli military, by the way, because his views were considered to be two extremist. he's now clamoring for inclusion in the war cabinet. and i suppose what we've had until now is that ganz provided an element of cover for netanyahu to say to his right-wing coalition members, look, this is the way that we're doing things because this is our war cabinet. now that cover but has gone. i think that you could see the war cabinet taking decisions which may be gantz would not have approved netanyahu is beholden to the right-wing more than he was quite because he'd still has the numbers in the knesset, the parliament, his government is not under threat. >> his position as prime minister is not right now. the threat, unless his coalition parties leave the government, he's got 64 out of 120 seats and the coalition right now, next election, elections are planned for october 2026, but now, absolutely, he's more beholde

but as you mentioned, that did not stop benny gantz from leaving the war cabinet. now gantz did demand since may the families of israel, benjamin netanyahu to come up with a post war plan. when they failed to materialize on saturday, well, he decided to quit, saying that benjamin netanyahu is in the way of real victory for israel and called for elections this fall. netanyahu responded on his x account saying this is not a time to abandon the campaign but to join forces. frances? >> claudio lavanga for us, claudio, thank you. >>> donald trump is expected to speak with a new york probation officer today. three source tell nbc news the former president will have a virtual interview from his home at mar-a-lago. this comes after mr. trump held his first rally since his conviction. nbc's vaughn hillyard has more. >> reporter: former president trump turning the campaign trail into a defiance tour. >> vote for trump. we want a felon! >> reporter: on his first campaign swing since his guilty verdict since falsifying business records. >> the people are watching and they know

we know benny gantz today was due to hold a press conference. he pulled it off.hat? does it tell us anything about the stability and the unity of the government? this is very interesting, _ unity of the government? t�*t 3 is very interesting, because this was a deadline imposed by benny gantz. he had demanded a plan by benjamin netanyahu for gaza, and he said if there was no plan, he would quit the government. he has been facing a lot of pressure from members of his own party who say he should return to the opposition. obviously we focus a lot on benny gantz, because he is seen as a possible candidate to be the next prime minister in the next elections in israel. so now he has cancelled this statement. he was widely expected to announce his decision to leave the government. after the rescue operation, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu asked benny gantz to reconsider his decision. i think there was a fear here that with the decision by benny gantz to leave the government, that could give more power to those radical far could give more power to those radicalfar

benny gantz supports this peace plan from biden.hat can we expect in terms of blinken's ability to move the dial on this issue in the region? >> remember, only a week ago that biden put out this three-point ceasefire proposal. it became apparent in the next 24 to 48 hours that israeli officials had not signed on to that deal. irrespective of this weekend, this is the u.s.'s once more, another attempt to get israel on board with the deal. given the turmoil over the weekend, given the fact that benny gantz has left the government, and that netanyahu will have to rely more on his coalition partners, it seems increasingly unlikely that this ceasefire can actually get across the line. the secretary of state will be meeting with the egyptian president sisi today and will be traveling to meet with the israel defense minister. the sticking point, that is consistently the theme, hamas saying they will not sign onto the deal unless israel agrees to full withdrawal from gaza. israel saying they will not sign onto the deal, stacy full destructi

you mentioned benny gantz, and i'll get to that, this operation is appalling.hamas said this on saturday. nearly 300 palestinians killed. some 700 who were wounded, dozens of children who were among the dead. this according to the gazan health officials in the gaza strip. so they are outraged and probably further away from making some sort of deal. benjamin netanyahu for his part, and his allies, he can point to evidence, which he had little evidence before, he can achieve both stated goals in the gaza strip, defeating hamas and freeing hostages. those two goals are seen as completely at odds with each other. you can't do one and the other. you have to pick one. now, benjamin netanyahu, and we have heard this talk from his allies in the government is going to be able to say, and they're already saying that they can defeat hamas and free the hostages. the only way to free the hostages is to continue the war, continue putting military pressure on hamas. there are a lot of people in the intelligence community, in the defense community here in israel who kind of ga

. >> opposition leader benny gantz, quitting the government this afternoon gantz, as he stepping down from the emergency government and called on netanyahu to hold new elections. now his departure, of course, comes just one day after netanyahu failed to meet gantz's ultimatum, which was calling for a post-war plan in gaza to be in place by june 8 cnn's paula hancocks is live and tel aviv with the latest on this polygons, his resignation, a blow to netanyahu, who is facing some pressure in israel to bring these hostages home and in the conflict, what's he saying? >> well, that's right, jessica and he has publicly said that he wants benny gantz to come back saying now, is the time to unite now what we've heard from gantz himself is that he doesn't believe that israel could win this war with benjamin netanyahu at the helm saying that it's important to have a prime minister who puts the hostages ahead of politics. he's been very critical of netanyahu in recent months. and he has said that this is necessary to have the day after plan for gaza. it is necessary to have a decisive plan to bri

and benny gantz, among others, was more or less in favour of a ceasefire, wasn't he? who believed there should have necessarily been a prolonged pause, because the emphasis should shift towards getting the remaining hostages out. the complaint against netanyahu from his many political enemies in israel is that he has neglected opportunities and potential deals to get the hostages out. we've just had this operation which got out four hostages, but if you think back to the temporary ceasefire that happened last november, they got out more than 100. i mean, the americans must be furious that the whole thing has turned out like this. secretary of state antony blinken this week is on, i think, his eighth middle east tour. he must be tearing his hair out, i would have thought, because the politics of trying to make a ceasefire work are really, really complicated. biden said to the israelis, "you have effectively won this now. "hamas can't do again what they did on the seventh of "october. "it's time for this war to stop." there are demonstrations by israelis, saying we must

he didn't need gantz's party to stay in. he needed kansas credibility to some degree that deal with the us and the rest of the world. >> but if netanyahu agrees to the israeli plan which came out of the war cabinet, not out of the political atmosphere and the coalition. >> he's put together those right wingers have threatened to leave the government. that would bring about a government collapse all right. >> david sanger forces morning, david, very grateful to have you kicking us off today. i really appreciate it great to be with you coming up next here. >> french president emmanuel macron calling for new elections after the european union takes a hard shift to the right will explain plus a shooting and wisconsin rooftop party leaves ten people injured and donald trump, but his first campaign rally since becoming a convicted felon the most anticipated moment this election and the stakes couldn't be higher. >> the president and the former president, one stage moderated by jake tapper and dana bash, the cnn presidential debate

we're still waiting to hear from benny gantz. he's a former military leader. a former general. he's a member of the war council sort of the war cabinet that was put together by prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the outset of this conflict back on october 7th. he has threatened to resign several weeks ago from this war cabinet. unless benjamin netanyahu comes up with some sort of plan for the postgaza governance. we may still hear that resignation. >> all right, if you hear more about that resignation, please come back to us. >>> let's go to kelly in paris. what are we hearing from the administration today about what role the u.s. played in the hostage rescue mission and the president's last day as well in france. we'll let you go over that as well too. >> reporter: good to be with you alex. the administration has talked about general support for israel in carrying out this operation but no specific details. we know more broadly that there is intelligence support and different ways to try to help identify where hostages may be located in gaza. the u.s. was clear that there ar

i will start with you, elliott, first on the resignation of benny gantz, he had given an ultimatum. he wanted a plan to bring the hostages home. there are still over 100 and gaza, but he also wanted a post-war plan for gaza. his resignation while not unexpected, he did express his frustration with netanyahu, right he did. >> and as you say, it wasn't a surprise that he announced his resignation, but that doesn't make it any less impact for benny gantz was seen as a kind of moderating influence on prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he ensured for that he was in the war cabinet along with netanyahu, along with defense minister yoav gallant. and that's specifically the far-right ministers in benjamin netanyahu's governing coalition would not be in the war cabinet. so all of the decisions and the prosecution of israel's war against hamas since the hamas terrorist attacks of october the seventh has been a result of decisions made by the war cabinet. it hasn't just been netanyahu and it hasn't been netanyahu and his far-right ministers. but what's going to happen now is first of all, neta

and benny gantz, among others, was more or less in favour of a ceasefire, wasn't he?ho believed there should have necessarily been a prolonged pause, because the emphasis should shift towards getting the remaining hostages out. the complaint against netanyahu from his many political enemies in israel is that he has neglected opportunities and potential deals to get the hostages out. we've just had this operation which got out four hostages, but if you think back to the temporary ceasefire that happened last november, they got out more than 100. i mean, the americans must be furious that the whole thing has turned out like this. secretary of state antony blinken this week is on, i think, his eighth middle east tour. he must be tearing his hair out, i would have thought, because the politics of trying to make a ceasefire work are really, really complicated. biden said to the israelis, "you have effectively won this now. "hamas can't do again what they did on the seventh of "october. "it's time for this war to stop." there are demonstrations by israelis, saying we must h

anytime soon yeah, it was benny gantz who was expected to speak this afternoon a couple of days ago, is expected to announce it who withdraw from the war cabinet, which had the sort of implicit threat that because he was before october 7, principle opposition to prime minister netanyahu, that this could bring down the war cabinet and therefore you know, just sort of trigger over the near period elections in israel. but i think over the past 48 hours prior to the hostage release, it had become clear that he was shifting away from that position, perhaps under pressure from from us officials not to pull out of that cabinet. at this time, whatever is motivation not clear, but it does seem that the release of these four hostages is going to strengthen prime minister netanyahu's hand because his message has always been, we put the hostages first. we continue to fight. we go into release them. the only way to do it is through military pressure. so this reinforces the prime minister's his hand. so what does that do the hostage negotiations. i think it just pushes them further down the road b

gantz quits emergency war cabinet in israel.we could be moving towards an election and moving up the page there into actual elections. it seems like, rishi sunakis elections. it seems like, rishi sunak is a bit of a trendsetter. it's not just adidas trainers that he rocks. it's like everybody else is saying, what's rishi up to ? oh, rishi is doing rishi up to? oh, rishi is doing election. let's see it. yeah. so here we go. macron calls snap election after surge of far right. this is the guardian . so right. this is the guardian. so you can take that with a pinch of salt. but at the same time marine le pen isn't exactly centrist i would argue. yeah, and this is after the european elections and the, the macron's party was dealt a bit of a crushing blow, le pen's party had 30, whereas his party got about 15. and the socialists got about 15. and the socialists got about 15. and the socialists got about 15. he's more sort of centrist, so he's calling he's like, oh, well, we're really behind. so you know what we're going to do? let's

benny gantz, a moderate voice and one of three voting members of the war cabinet has resigned, accuse prime minister netanyahu of standing in the way of real victory and calling for new elections this fall. it leaves the biden with a more far right government coalition to work with and begs the question how will this impact the gaza cease-fire deal president biden outlined last month. our andrea mitchell asked secretary blinken about that earlier today in cairo. >> let me be clear. israeli has accepted the proposal. in fact, they were critical in putting it forward. ha is what is the official position of the israeli government and the prime minister. so the only party that has not accepted, the only party thats ha not said yes is hamas. >> nbc's matt bradley is reporting from jerusalem. rob d'amico is a former member of the fbi's rescue team. sheena rubin is an israeli correspondent with "the washington post." matt, blinken says israel's official position is in support of this cease-fire. do we know if hamas says yes, if it happens? >> reporter: well, i mean you just heard the man. he

and benny gantz, among others, was more or less in favour of a ceasefire, wasn't he? who believed there should have necessarily been a prolonged pause, because the emphasis should shift towards getting the remaining hostages out. the complaint against netanyahu from his many political enemies in israel is that he has neglected opportunities and potential deals to get the hostages out. we've just had this operation which got out four hostages, but if you think back to the temporary ceasefire that happened last november, they got out more than 100. i mean, the americans must be furious that the whole thing has turned out like this. secretary of state antony blinken this week is on, i think, his eighth middle east tour. he must be tearing his hair out, i would have thought, because the politics of trying to make a ceasefire work are really, really complicated. biden said to the israelis, "you have effectively won this now. "hamas can't do again what they did on 7 october. "it's time for this war to stop." there are demonstrations by israelis, saying we must have election

he didn't trigger his as gantz did.istry has been in favor of going into rafah but also in favor of a cease-fire. because the military here knows that the goal that netanyahu has subscribed to of eradicating hamas is an impossible goal. to say nothing of you can't eradicate the ideology, but they want to get sinwar, the lead. >> the mastermind of october 7th. believes to be under round. he's very adept at escaping all of those attacks. but they want to get more of the hamas leadership and sinwar or% wait -- or persuade him to go into exile. and that is why gantz and others have been putting pressure on netanyahu and gantz decided to pull that trigger and some would say his departure might strengthen netanyahu and as well as the hostage rescue because the israeli public is very much in favor of having at least having the hostages back despite the toll. so it may be that netanyahu becomes more entrenched now that he'll be more in -- sort of more pressured and in the control and more of a reliance as you could say of those

. >> benny gantz, he's expected to meet tomorrow. now, benny gantz was very supportive of this ceasefire and hostage proposal that the us president to has publicly acknowledged saying that it is actually based on the israeli proposal. but he also met with israeli prime minister today. now, the line we've heard from the biden administration is that they are waiting for an official response from hamas as to whether or not they're going to agree to this proposal, saying that israel has already agreed to the proposal it's not completely true though we know that benjamin netanyahu in some of his public statements has suggested otherwise. so he would have met with the israeli prime minister so today and certainly it would have been a case of trying to convince netanyahu as well that this is the way to go forward now we know that he did say to him that the world is behind this proposal, that they will be support for benjamin netanyahu if he goes ahead with this proposal. but at this point, we do know also that hamas has not given an officia

netanyahu rival benny gantz resigning from the war cabinet

mr gantz had complained that the war in gaza lacked a long—term plan. recent resignations prompted demands from two far—right ministers in the governing coalition to join the war cabinet instead including security minister itamar ben—gvir. meanwhile, mr netanyahu has criticized an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. he's facing pressure from the far—right to reject any pauses until hamas is totally defeated. our middle east correspondent jon donnison has more from jerusalem on the uncertain political situation. well, i don't think the disbanding of the war cabinet is going to have a significant impact, really, on israeli strategy in the war in gaza. but it is symbolic, because the war cabinet was set up in the days following the october 7 attack really as a symbol of political unity. well, the truth is that political unity has evaporated. so you have prime minister netanyahu looking increasingly isolated, with the resignation last week of benny gantz, the centrist opposition leader, and his ally, gadi eisenkot, bo

i don't think that the benny gantz departure will bring down the cabinet. i mean, i think my it's a little bit hard to know exactly what goes on behind the doors of the war cabinet. my sense is that benny gantz is certainly more open than netanyahu has to the idea of having the palestinian authority play a role in governing gaza after the war. but i think honor has also been pretty much of a hardliner on rooting out hamas fighters, even at the cost of substantial numbers of palestinian civilians, deaths i'm not sure he's diametrically opposed to netanyahu on, on a lot of issues. i mean, i think he certainly has a perception as being more of a moderate but he he's not, he's certainly not a dove i believe the conversation there max boot and general mark hertling. thank you very much. liberate back hey, mom, how many should i decorate each have ran have blue. that's a really tough call. who are you if you look at the latest data? >> you're probably going to need a lot of those purple sprinkles. >> how this guy really knows his stuff i was just doing shift wedn

benny gantz claimed the war in gaza lacked a long—term plan. resignations from the demands from too far right ministers in the governing coalition to join the governing coalition to join the cabinet instead, including the cabinet instead, including the security minister. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu has criticised an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. he is facing pressure from the far right to reject any pauses until hamas is totally defeated. our middle east corresponded jon donnison has more from jerusalem on the situation. i don't think the disbanding of the war cabinet is going to have a significant impact, really, on israeli strategy in the war in gaza. but it is significant because the war cabinet was set up in the days following the october 7 attack really as a symbol of political unity. that political unity has evaporated. so you have prime minister netanyahu looking increasingly isolated, with the resignation last week of benny gantz, the centrist opposition leader, and his ally, gadi eisenkot

so gantz is looking to see if he can move the politics there. the secretary is going to try to gauge whether or not that's going to happen. >> joel rubin, i appreciate your insights and expertise. thanks for taking the time. >>> to europe where far right political groups made significant gains in the european parliament prompting a political power shift that has world leaders nervous. french president macron calling a snap legislative election after his party was handed a humbling defeat at the hands of the anti-immigration and ultra conservative national party. in germany, chancellor schultz saw his social democratic's party with their worst result ever. the change inside the european parliament could make it more difficult to pass new legislation around issues like climate change. >>> next on nourts, another first for a former american president and current presidential candidate. what we're learning about donald trump's presentencing probation interview happening today. >>> plus, we're hearing from democratic voters about their frustrations w

an benny gantz and his party resigning from the israeli war cabinet, a huge development. we have more on that in a moment. >>> meanwhile, gaza's ministry of health says more than 270 sa palestinians were killed yesterday, 700 injured. israelis officials are disputing this number. new reaction to the number of on palestinians killed. >> civilians were killed. that is tragic. it is heartbreaking. i said before that the palestinian people are going through hell in this war. they are caught in the crossfire. hamas hides among civilian infrastructure, they ghhide underground.tu it puts the palestinian people t in harm's way. pe >> when we snatched the hostages, when we extracted them out, the forces came under extensive attack in an attempt to kill both them and the hostages. ♪ ♪ >>> right now, president biden was on his >>way home, having wrapped up his trip to france is to commemorate 80 years since due date -- d-day. donald trump declined to visit o the cemetery when he was president. >> the idea that we are able to avoid being engaged in major battles is just not realistic