Israeli caretaker defence minister Israel Katz says the outgoing coalition does not need permission from the opposition to decide on fresh military operations, following calls to show restraint, AFP reports.
“We do not need approval from the opposition or any legal authority” for the army to carry out strikes in any of the arenas where it operates, Katz writes on X.
The leader of the opposition bloc, Gadi Eisenkot, has called on caretaker prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to show restraint, warning that the use of force without a “direct and immediate threat” could have “disastrous consequences for Israeli democracy and for citizens’ trust”.
