Israel's Security Concerns Escalate Amidst Tensions with Lebanon and Syria.
TL;DR
Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for excluding three mayors he had met with from a security call with local leaders amid a spate of violence. Netanyahu vowed to restore calm during the call and thanked the mayors for their citizens' "steadfastness" during rocket fire from Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. The leaders of three northern communities and regions that took rocket fire this week said they had not been invited to the call. Gantz likened Netanyahu's call to his decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant last month.
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