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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's key rival, Benny Gantz, announced Sunday that he is quitting the war Cabinet after a postwar plan for the Palestinian enclave failed to materialize. Gantz' resignation comes amid global condemnation of the Palestinian civilian death toll in the war on Gaza that has piled domestic and international pressure on Netanyahu. Gantz announced his resignation in a televised event on Sunday, stating that Netanyahu stood in Israel's way to "a real victory." Netanyahu addressed Gantz in an X post following his resignation, saying, "this is not the time to abandon the campaign — this is the time to join forces." Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel's three-member War Cabinet, announces his resignation in Ramat Gan on Sunday.