Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pulled the plug on Israel's war cabinet. A government official reports this to RTR. According to The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu announced this choice for dissolution on Sunday during a cabinet meeting.
The decision comes eight days after Minister Benny Gantz left the cabinet. It also comes a day after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced it is introducing tactical pauses in combat to allow humanitarian aid to pass through the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza.
Netanyahu is said to have informed ministers that no new cabinet will be formed with the leaders of the coalition parties. That was originally an idea of ??the controversial ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir. Meetings and gatherings will now be held in 'limited circles', according to The Jerusalem Post.
The war cabinet was established after the Hamas terror attack on October 7 last year. More than 1,200 Israelis were killed and hundreds of people were taken hostage. More than a hundred people are still believed to be stuck in the Gaza Strip. It is unclear what condition they are in and how many are still alive.
