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A centrist member of Israel’s three-person war Cabinet on Sunday made good on a threat to resign, and accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of bungling the fight against Hamas. Benny Gantz, a popular former army general who joined Netanyahu’s government as a “minister without portfolio” following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, also called for Israel to hold fall elections in which he could potentially replace Netanyahu. “Unfortunately, Netanyahu is preventing us from achieving true victory, which is the justification for the painful and ongoing price,” Gantz said during a televised address, the…

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