Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s three-person war cabinet, announced his resignation on Sunday, arguing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made “total victory impossible” in Gaza and should put the return of an estimated 120 hostages “above political survival.”
“Netanyahu prevents us from moving forward to a real victory [in Gaza],” Gantz said in a televised statement Sunday, calling the choice a “complex and painful decision” leaving him with a “heavy heart.”
