4 Residents Of Hamas Hostage Freed, Israeli War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz Cancels Resignation?

JAKARTA - Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz postponed the statement he would deliver on Saturday, June 8 evening. Gantz

it is expected to announce his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

Last month, Gantz gave Netanyahu a deadline of June 8 to produce a clear strategy related to Gaza, in which Israel has launched a devastating military offensive against the ruling Palestinian militant group Hamas.

But following news of Israeli forces (IDF) rescuing four Israeli hostages alive from Gaza, a ministerial spokesman said his statement would be postponed.

They did not give a new time for the speech, in which political commentators in Israel's leading newspaper said he was expected to announce his resignation.

The departure of the centrally lit Gantz party will pose no direct threat to the Netanyahu governing coalition, which controls 64 of the 120 parliamentary seats, but this can still have a serious impact.

As previously reported, four Israelis held hostage by Hamas were released in a special operation at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Israeli military said.

Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), were rescued by Israeli military, intelligence, and special forces from two separate locations in Nuseirat, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday, June 8.

The four Israelis were kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, according to the IDF.

They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to Tel-HaShomer's 'Sheba' Medical Center for further medical examination, "continued the IDF reported by CNN, Saturday, June 8.

Saving people held hostage during the Hamas attack on October 7 remains the main goal of Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

This is the third successful operation. Corporal IDF Ori Megidish was rescued in October last year from the northern Gaza Strip. In another operation on February 12, 2024, Fernando Marman and Louis Har were rescued from the southern Rafah.