A member of Israel’s three-man war cabinet has threatened to resign from the government if it does not adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza.
The move by Benny Gantz escalates a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven months into the war.
Israel is yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages abducted in the attack on 7 October.
Mr Gantz, a long-time political rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has now set out a six-point plan that includes the return of hostages, ending Hamas’s rule, demilitarising the strip and establishing an international administration of civilian affairs.
His resignation would leave Mr Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies.
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