Israel’s prime minister explained that the war cabinet “was a coalition agreement with (Benny) Gantz, at his request.” “Once Gantz left, that forum ceased to exist,” he said.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced the dissolution of the war cabinetcreated after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) after the recent resignations of one of its members and one of its observers, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, respectively, and amid calls by the Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben Gvir, to be integrated into it.
“The war cabinet does not exist,” said Netanyahu, who stated that “It was a coalition agreement with Gantzat his request,” according to the newspaper ‘Israel Hayom’. “Once Gantz left, that forum ceased to exist,” he stated, before adding that he will continue consulting sensitive issues with some political groups.
Gantz announced that he was leaving the war cabinet – made up of three members and three observers – due to what he considers to be a lack of clear strategy to end the military offensive in Gaza, while at the same time He blamed Netanyahu for “preventing a true victory from being achieved” on the fringe.
In the last weeks differences have deepened not only in the war cabinet, but also within the coalition government headed by Netanyahu, due to the way in which the offensive against Gaza and the possible agreements with Hamas for the release of the remaining hostages are being managed. held in Gaza after the October 7 attacks, which left some 1200 dead.
Source: Eitb
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