Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the War Cabinet on Monday.
This announcement has been made after the resignation of opposition leader and former general Benny Gantz and his colleague Gadi Eisencott from this six-member cabinet. Both these leaders are centrists.
The complaint of both the leaders was that there is a lack of strategy in the war going on in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
However, far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich said that they should be given a place in the war cabinet created by the resignations of Benny Gantz and Eisencott. A government spokesman says that after this, now with Hamas in Gaza Decisions regarding war will be taken in the already existing security cabinet and cabinet. However, sensitive decisions will be taken in a four-member consultative forum. A day earlier, the Israeli army said it would “pause military operations” for a period of time each day on the road adjacent to southern Gaza to allow more humanitarian aid to reach the area. Could.
Under this ban, which came into effect from Saturday, Israel’s military action will be stopped from 8 am to 7 pm local time. This pause will affect only the important road, which is north from the Kerem Shalom crossing, considered the main one between Gaza and Israel. Goes towards. With this, relief material can be transported to the north of Gaza.
Far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich opposed the army’s decision.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said the decision to stop the fighting was taken by a ‘fool’ who is ‘evil’.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said that the relief material reaching Gaza has given strength to Hamas and that “the success achieved so far in the war will be nullified.”
After this, the army clarified that there has been no change in the IDF’s policy regarding the war and the fighting in Rafah will continue as planned.
A day later, Netanyahu announced the dissolution of the war cabinet. This raised a question whether it would affect the efforts to deliver relief material and the war?
