“A government that depends on Hamas supporters will not fight Hamas” (Netanyahu)

Benjamin Netanyahu called for a national unity government bringing together nationalist and Zionist parties. He warned that an administration dependent on Hamas supporters or radical Islamists would be unable to fight them and said that “Israel simply will not survive” such an alliance. President Isaac Herzog is due to task Gadi Eisenkot, who received 67 recommendations, with forming a government on November 8, 2026; Eisenkot has 28 days to build a coalition, with a possible two-week extension.