Minister Yisrael Katz said that Benny Gantz and his family are "leftists" during an interview on Channel 2 on Wednesday. "I have known him and his family since childhood, and they are total leftists," said Katz, who grew up with Gantz in the village of Kfar Ahim.
Regarding Gantz's speech on Tuesday evening, Katz also said: "I was riled that he had defamed everything that was happening in the country."