Itamar Ben-Gvir, the hardline national security minister of Israel, has said the war cabinet – comprised of Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Benny Gantz – “does not have the mandate” to unilaterally take Israel towards a “war of attrition”, Al Jazeera reports.

He expressed his discontent with the comments the defence minister made about limiting the scope of war,

His statements are part of a pattern of growing discord among the top Israeli politicians and military commanders. They also reflect Ben-Gvir’s unyielding stance on Palestinians, which includes permanently displacing them from Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.

Last week, he made more headlines by saying mass emigration of Palestinians and reconstructing Israeli settlements in Gaza is “the order of the hour”.