Israeli minister Benny Gantz has announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition, amid a months-long assault on Gaza.
Gantz, while calling for early elections in a televised news conference on Sunday said Netanyahu is preventing them from advancing toward true victory, which is why they are leaving the emergency government today, with a heavy heart but with full confidence.
Gantz last month threatened to leave the emergency government – formed last year to oversee the war on Gaza – if Netanyahu failed to present a post-war plan for the besieged and bombarded Palestinian territory, where Israel is continuing a ground and aerial bombardment campaign that has killed more than 37,000 people since October 7, according to Gaza health officials.
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Gantz also called on Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to “do what is right”.
Gantz is seen as Netanyahu’s main political rival in Israel. He was a leading figure in the opposition before joining the war cabinet.
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