section_path: Background/Israeli domestic politics
section_name: Israeli domestic politics
paragraph_text: Israeli domestic politics
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced pressure from far-right members of his coalition to resume war against the Gaza Strip. Throughout the war, members of Netanyahu's coalition have called for the permanent conquest of Gaza and re-establishment of Jewish settlements there. Netanyahu has thus far resisted those calls, and when he signed the ceasefire agreement in January, the Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir left Netanyahu's coalition. After Israel attacked Gaza on 18 March, Ben-Gvir rejoined the coalition. Opposition members accused Netanyahu and his government of failing to eliminate Hamas and allied groups' military capabilities or to rescue the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza.
  
  Netanyahu's critics have said that the 18 March attacks are a result of Netanyahu's legal troubles. Netanyahu was scheduled on 18 March to testify in his corruption trial, but as a result of the attacks, the legal proceedings were postponed.