Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't"

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Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't"

STORY: Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't" DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of IDF activities in Gaza 2. various of IDF strikes in Gaza 3. various of striking of the targets by the IDF STORYLINE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, an opposition leader and former defense minister, announced on Wednesday in a joint statement the formation of "an emergency unity government" and a war cabinet. The move brings Gantz's centrist party of National Unity to sit together with Netanyahu's ultranationalist-religious coalition government. Under the agreement, the war cabinet will consist of three members: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Gantz, who was also a former chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Gadi Eizenkot, a lawmaker with the National Unity, also a former IDF chief, will act as an observer. Netanyahu agreed not to advance any bills unrelated to the o

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