Israeli military issues thousands of call-up notices
The Israeli military has issued call-up notices to thousands of reservists to support an expansion of its attack on Gaza, a day after the government announced an expansion of the war on the Strip.
The reservists will be deployed to Israel’s border with Lebanon and in the occupied West Bank, replacing regular soldiers who will lead a new offensive in Gaza, the news site Ynet reported.
Earlier, the prime minister’s office announced that Benjamin Netanyahu rescheduled his May 7-11 visit to Azerbaijan, citing recent developments in Gaza and Syria.
Former Israel PM calls for ‘civil disobedience’ to remove Netanyahu
Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Barak has called for mass “civil disobedience” to topple Benjamin Netanyahu after accusing the current leader of having “declared war on Israel”.
“The State of Israel is not Netanyahu,” Barak told Channel 13. He called on the country’s attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, to submit a demand that Netanyahu recuse himself from office.
Netanyahu said this week defeating Israel’s enemies is more important than securing the release of the remaining captives in Gaza, comments that drew criticism from family members and others.
