Top Israeli Minister Quits PM Netanyahu’s War Cabinet, Claims “Netanyahu Is Preventing Real Victory In Gaza”

CNN reports:

Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has resigned from Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, delivering a blow to the prime minister who has been celebrating the rare rescue of hostages held in Gaza.

“Netanyahu prevents us from moving forward to a real victory [in Gaza],” Gantz said in a televised statement Sunday in which he described leaving the government as a “complex and painful decision.”

“That is why we are leaving the emergency government today with a heavy heart, but with a whole heart.” The decision by Gantz – considered Netanyahu’s main political challenger – fulfills an ultimatum he gave the prime minister last month calling on him to lay out a new plan for the war against Hamas by June 8.

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