{"id":544058,"date":"2026-07-16T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/544058\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:51:29","slug":"syria-foils-attempt-to-smuggle-weapons-to-hezbollah-from-iraq-state-news-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/544058\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Foils Attempt to Smuggle Weapons to Hezbollah From Iraq, State News Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">MK Dan Illoz said that Likud MKs worked to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a few weeks after October 7, 2023, in an interview in Ynet, adding that the campaign fell through because of &#8220;ego struggles&#8221; within the party over who would be its next leader.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">&#8220;I think there is at least a third of the Likud faction that all knew that the right thing was for the leadership to be replaced,&#8221; the MK said. According to him, the plan was to oust Netanyahu in a vote of no confidence in the Knesset. He said the party did not succeed because lawmakers argued about &#8220;who should be the person to replace him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-chromatic=\"ignore\" title=\"MK Dan Illoz of the Likud party, this week. Credit: Knesset spokesperson\" alt=\"MK Dan Illoz of the Likud party, this week.\" width=\"1180\" height=\"686\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/101197.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1mraiob xxymvpz xt7dq6l x193iq5w xh8yej3 x1huxd7x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img data-chromatic=\"ignore\" title=\"MK Dan Illoz of the Likud party, this week. Credit: Knesset spokesperson\" alt=\"MK Dan Illoz of the Likud party, this week.\" width=\"1180\" height=\"686\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/101197.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1mraiob xxymvpz xt7dq6l x193iq5w xh8yej3\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Close<\/p>\n<p>MK Dan Illoz of the Likud party, this week. Credit: Knesset spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>MK Dan Illoz of the Likud party, this week. Credit: Knesset spokesperson<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Illoz announced his resignation from the party on Wednesday, writing that the party has &#8220;been hijacked&#8221; in a post on Facebook. &#8220;Immediately after October 7, it became clear to everyone that Netanyahu had to end his term,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Instead of standing before the public and asking for forgiveness, Likud is doing everything to evade responsibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MK Dan Illoz said that Likud MKs worked to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a few weeks after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[157718,49,54,50,9150,51,42,86,1031,99446,9152,1513,2286,43,3215,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-544058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-2026-israel-iran-war","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-aid","tag-hamas","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-iran-u-s","tag-israel-u-s","tag-israel-gaza-war","tag-jordan","tag-news","tag-october-7","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}