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Gadi Eisenkot

Gadi Eisenkot is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the National Unity Party. He currently serves as minister-without-portfolio and as a member of the war cabinet.

Eisenkot served as a general in the Israeli military and had a tenure as IDF chief of staff before entering politics.

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National Unity MK Michael Biton leads a meeting to fight against road homicide,  halting the increase in accidents and formulating a national road safety plan, at the Knesset, Jerusalem, October 26, 2021.

Exasperation increases in National Unity party

 Security cabinet meeting to discuss the Rafah, March 15, 2024.

Ministers Gantz, Eizenkot wanted immediate counterattack on Iran - report

 FROM LEFT: Moshe Ya'alon, Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz, and Israeli Minister Gadi Eisenkot.

'It's time for some soul-searching': Moshe Ya'alon calls on Gantz, Eisenkot to quit cabinet

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Liberman lambasts Israel's cabinet: This is not how to run a war

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 Gadi Eisenkot attends a discussion at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 22, 2022

Destroy Hamas, strengthen Saudi ties: Eisenkot's vision for post-war Israel

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister without Portfolio Benny Gantz hold a news conference in Tel Aviv, in November.

Netanyahu rejected Gaza deal outline before meeting hostage families

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin

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 Demonstrators protest calling for the for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2024.

Tens of thousands protest Netanyahu government, call for elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, holds a security assessment in Tel Aviv.

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 Ehud Barak addresses a protest against the government.

Ehud Barak to Foreign Affairs: Israel has a leadership vacuum

 MINISTER-WITHOUT-PORTFOLIO Benny Gantz attends a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, in December. Gantz is undoubtedly one of the most responsible politicians in Israel; for him, the State of Israel is truly above all, the writer maintains.

Gantz, Eisenkot present plan to include haredim, Arab-Israelis in military or national service

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk outside the army recrutiment office in Jerusalem, August 16, 2023

Haredim should join the IDF, but coercion will not work, Shas source says

 Gadi Eisenkot attends a discussion at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 22, 2022

Hostages' families, Gadi Eisenkot berate MKs calling to resettle Gaza

 ECONOMY MINISTER Nir Barkat confers with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Seeking the prime ministership, Barkat in recent weeks has been in an intensive campaign to brand himself as a true right-wing leader.

Likud under Barkat would win more seats than with Netanyahu - poll

National Unity leader Unity Benny Gantz and MK Gadi Eisenkot meet with farmers and hear about the topic of "protection," October 3, 2023

Benny Gantz's faction shows cracks as Israel's war gov't in danger of collapse

 Gal and Gadi Eisenkot during IDF Maglan unit training 2018.

Gaza war reveal sacrifices only Israel ever makes - editorial

Family, friends and officials attend the funeral of Master Sgt. (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot, son of war cabinet minister Minister Gadi Eisenkot in Herzliya on December 8, 2023

'He united everyone around him': Thousands attend funeral of Gal Eisenkot

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 Gal and Gadi Eisenkot during IDF Maglan unit training 2018.

Israel's Knesset unites in mourning for minister Eisenkot's fallen son