Israeli Crisis Amid Rift Over Pauses For Aid
Daily Express|June 18, 2024
BENJAMIN Netanyahu dissolved Israel's six-member war cabinet yesterday as political tensions grew.
Mark Reynolds
Israeli Crisis Amid Rift Over Pauses For Aid

The incensed Prime Minister acted hours after turning on his own military, criticising army chiefs for pledging to hold daily "tactical pauses" in fighting in Gaza to allow in humanitarian aid.

The widely expected dissolution follows the departure from government of the centrist former general Benny Gantz.

The PM had faced demands from nationalist-religious partners in his coalition finance far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to be included in the war cabinet.

That move could have intensified strains with international allies, not least the United States.

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