Israel war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quits Netanyahu’s government
Israeli minister Benny Gantz has announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition, amid a months-long assault on Gaza.
“Netanyahu is preventing us from advancing toward true victory. That is why we are leaving the emergency government today, with a heavy heart but with full confidence,” Gantz said at a televised news conference on Sunday.
Gantz is considered Netanyahu’s main political challenger and, in his resignation speech, he called for new elections.
Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports from the Jordanian capital, Amman.
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