Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves Israeli war cabinet

By Nathan Morley

The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dissolving the country’s war cabinet.

The wartime cabinet was set up days after the beginning of Israel's battle with Hamas erupted in order to discuss Israel's operations in the territory.

Israeli radio report that sensitive issues about the conflict with Hamas will now be discussed by a smaller forum.

A spokesman for the Israeli Army, Daniel Hagari, said as far as the military is concerned nothing would change. 

Speaking over the weekend, Israeli Netanyahu described it as ‘a difficult war’ but the country had to concentrate on destroying Hamas, and freeing Israeli captives being held in Gaza.

The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to an unprecedented attack Israel in October last year, during which about 1,200 people were killed, and 251 others were kidnapped.