The Israeli opposition leader called Yair Lapidprime minister Benjamin Netanyahu To resign, after 41 days of war waged by Israel on Gaza strip.
Lapid wrote on the “X” platform today, Thursday, that the time has come to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that there will be widespread support for the formation of a unity government led by the party. Likud The right-wing party to which Netanyahu belongs.
He added, “Netanyahu lost the trust of his citizens, the trust of the international community, and most dangerously, the trust of the security services.”
Lapid, who belongs to the centrist movement and served as prime minister briefly last year, explained that he believes that a large majority of members of the Knesset – consisting of 120 seats – will support such a coalition government.
Netanyahu faced a wave of sharp criticism, as he has not yet claimed responsibility for the military and political failures of the attack launched by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) On October 7, unlike the Prime Minister, representatives of the Israeli army took responsibility for not anticipating the attacks.
The Likud Party has already rejected Lapid’s proposal, which he first presented yesterday, Wednesday.
Likud is the largest party in the ruling coalition in Israel, which includes extreme nationalist and religious parties. Together, these parties have 64 seats in the election. The Knesset.
Lapid refused to join the war cabinet formed by Netanyahu at the beginning of the war, despite other centrist members of the Knesset agreeing to join and help manage the conflict.
On October 7, Hamas and the Palestinian resistance factions launched an operation Al-Aqsa flood It launched an attack on the Israeli areas around the Gaza Strip in response to the ongoing attacks against the Palestinian people, resulting in the killing of about 1,500 Israelis and the capture of about 250 others.
While the Israeli occupation forces responded by launching an air and ground war on the Gaza Strip, during which more than 11,500 Palestinians were martyred, as well as 29,800 wounded, most of them children and women.