Israel and Hamas have been at war for more than eight months. In such a situation, the Prime Minister of Israel has suddenly decided to dissolve the War Cabinet. Israeli officials say that this decision was taken after the main ally left the government. Netanyahu will now discuss the Gaza war with a small group of ministers, including Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Minister of Military Affairs Ron Dermer. All of them were included in the War Cabinet.
The war cabinet was formed when war broke out with Hamas in October last year, with Gantz joining Netanyahu's allies in a national unity government. It includes Gantz's Saadi Ghazi Eisenkot as inspector and Aryeh Deri, chairman of the ruling religious party. Both Gantz and Eisenkot distanced themselves from Netanyahu's government last week, citing a lack of a clear strategy on the Gaza war.
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Gantz demanded that a smaller cabinet be formed to sideline right-wing lawmakers in Netanyahu's government. Gantz, Netanyahu and the defense minister were its members and they made key decisions together throughout the war. The Israeli officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the change with the media. Going forward, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will hold a small meeting with some members of his government on sensitive issues.