Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the war cabinet that had been overseeing the conflict in Gaza. The prime minister announced the move to ministers, saying the war cabinet had been established as part of an agreement in which the moderate politician Benny Gantz and his National Unity party joined an emergency coalition last year. Now that Benny Gantz has quit the war cabinet, Netanyahu felt there was no need to continue it. Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about the Gaza war with a small group of ministers. The move appears to be a deliberate snub to Netanyahu’s far-right allies in the coalition, including the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who had been angling for a seat in the war cabinet since Gantz’s departure after complaining he had been sidelined for key decisions. Now Netanyahu can solidify his grasp on decision-making over the fighting with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah across the Lebanese border.

Source: Reuters

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