Minister of the Israeli War Cabinet Bennie Gantz left the emergency government after a row about the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s post-conflict plans for Gaza.
At a press conference on Sunday where he announced his resignation, Mr. Gantz said Mr. Netanyahu was “keeping us from getting closer to a real victory.”
Last month, Gantz set a June 8 deadline for Netanyahu to outline how Israel would achieve his six “strategic goals,” including the end of Hamas rule in Gaza and the establishment of a multinational civilian administration for the territory.
Netanyahu dismissed the comments at the time as “washed-up words” that would mean a “defeat for Israel.”
Mr. Gantz was a member of Israel’s top decision-making “war cabinet,” along with Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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