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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sealed an agreement with a major political rival to form an emergency unity government and “war-management” cabinet, as the country battles its most significant military crisis in decades.
The decision to form a wartime unity government is a significant step for the deeply divided country which was consumed by months of protests over controversial judicial reform before the war broke out.
Former defence minister and military chief of staff Benny Gantz released an apparent joint statement with Netanyahu late Wednesday (AEDT) announcing the agreement to form a five-member “war-management” cabinet, the Associated Press reported.
It will consist of Netanyahu, Gantz, current Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and two other top officials serving as “observer” members and will not pass any legislation that is not connected to the war in Gaza for as long as it continues.
The move comes as Israel prepares for a ground offensive in Gaza that would push casualty numbers high on both sides of its war with Hamas, as the nation’s defence minister declared he had released all restraints on the Israeli military.
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