‘The responsibility is on us’: Israeli Minister Gantz attends Tel Aviv protest

Senior Israeli minister and war cabinet member Benny Gantz has shared a photograph of himself attending a Tel Aviv rally calling for the release of captives in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“This evening, with the families of the abductees and many of the people of Israel,” Gantz said in a post on social media platform X. “The responsibility is on us.”

Another war cabinet member Gadi Eisenkot also attended the protest, Israeli media reported.

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