Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist opposition party leader Benny Gantz have agreed to form an emergency government, a joint statement from Gantz’s National Unity party said.

According to the statement, the sides agreed to form a war cabinet that will include Netanyahu, Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and that during the war with Hamas, it will not promote any unrelated policy or laws.

Al Jazeera’s Willem Marx has been following that meeting. He joins us from West Jerusalem.

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