By Le Figaro with Reuters
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The widely expected decision follows the departure of the government of former centrist general Benny Gantz.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official announced Monday, June 17, a widely expected decision following the departure of the government of former centrist general Benny Gantz. Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations on the Israel-Hamas war with a small group of ministers, including Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who were part of the war cabinet.
The prime minister faced demands from his nationalist-religious coalition partners, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, to be included in the war cabinet, which would have intensified tensions. tensions with international partners, including the United States.
The forum was formed after Gantz joined Netanyahu in a national unity government at the start of the war in October and also included Gantz’s partner, Gadi Eisenkot, and Aryeh Deri, head of the Shas religious party, as observers. Gantz and Eisenkot both left the government last week, over what they say is Netanyahu’s failure to strategize the Gaza war.
