The unusually large rocket barrage fired from the central Gaza Strip toward the Israeli town of Netivot on Tuesday again brought to the surface the deepening divide over the handling of the war in Israel’s political leadership.

The political leadership of Israel's War Cabinet and Security Cabinet, responsible for directing the war effort, is divided into two camps over the issue, irrespective of party lines.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (Likud party) and ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot (National Unity party) represent the side that appears ready to shift the war to a less intensive phase, or in the case of Gantz and Eisenkot, even to entertain a full stop to the fighting in return for a hostage deal.

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