Influential Israeli politician Benny Gantz is leaving the emergency government formed in Israel following the attack by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement on October 7, due to differences of opinion over the future of the Gaza Strip, he told journalists on Sunday evening. The 65-year-old former defence minister had already threatened to take this step if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government failed to draw up a plan for a post-war order in the Gaza Strip. The ultimatum issued by Gantz to Netanyahu on the matter a few weeks ago expired on Saturday. However, due to the dramatic res…