Israeli prime minister said to be considering dissolving the three-man grouping; outcry over Palestinian death toll resulting from Israeli hostage rescue
Hello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the Middle East crisis. The future of Israel’s war cabinet, formed after the Hamas attacks of 7 October, is uncertain after former defence minister Benny Gantz resigned in protest at Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the Gaza war.
Gantz, the leader of the centre-right National Unity party, said: “Netanyahu is preventing us from progressing towards a true victory” and called for fresh elections, having set a deadline of 8 June for the prime minister to present concrete “day after” plans for the Gaza Strip. The turmoil in Israeli politics comes amid international anger at the scale of devastation in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp as a result of the operation to rescue four Israeli hostages.
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