Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials over handling of war against Hamas

A Palestinian woman flashes a V-sign towards Israeli troops during an army raid in the Tulkarem refugee camp, West Bank, on Wednesday (Nasser Nasser/AP)

Rifts are emerging among top Israeli officials over the handling of the war against Hamas in Gaza.

A member of the country’s war cabinet cast doubt over the strategy for releasing hostages and the country’s prime minister rejected the US’s calls to scale back its offensive.