Israel’s centrist war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has delayed a statement he was due to give later today in which he was widely expected to announce his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government, Reuters reports.

Following news that Israeli forces had rescued four Israeli hostages alive from Gaza, the minister’s spokespeople said his statement would be postponed. They did not give a new time for the address, in which political commentators in leading Israeli newspapers said he was expected to announce his resignation.