Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz is scheduled to make an announcement at 8:00 PM, with expectations that he will resign from the government, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
This comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Gantz on Saturday to stay in the government, posting on his X account, “I call on Benny Gantz — do not leave the emergency government. Don’t give up on unity.”
Gantz has been seen as a favorite to form a coalition in the event that Netanyahu’s government is brought down and early elections are called.
The former army chief, one of Netanyahu’s main rivals before he joined the war cabinet, had said this week that returning captives from Gaza was a “priority”.
