Benjamin Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv in 1949. He began as a young soldier in elite units of the Israeli army, participating throughout the 1960s in different combat operations at a very high level.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Netanyahu orders army to beef up troops around Gaza with ceasefire in question. The president said ...

The Israeli military announced on Tuesday it was deploying additional forces in the country's south, including mobilising reservists.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named retired Major General ... chief of staff until 2021 and prior to that was head of the army's Southern Command, which is responsible for Gaza.