Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves Israeli war cabinet

The move was expected following the departure from government of the centrist former general Benny Gantz

Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about the Gaza war with a small group of ministers. File Picture: AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool

Israeli officials have said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential war cabinet that was tasked with steering the war in Gaza.

The war cabinet was dissolved following the departure from the government of Benny Gantz, an opposition legislator who had joined the coalition in the early days of the war.