Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to have the military enact daily “humanitarian pauses” in fighting and increase aid delivery to the Gaza Strip was made without the input of his far-right coalition partners, according to a report published Sunday.

The decision to increase aid supply, including through air drops made directly by the IDF and several other countries, as well as to pause fighting for 10 hours daily, was made during a Saturday meeting of a small number of senior cabinet ministers via a conference call, the Ynet news site reported.

Since the meeting was held on Saturday, it was not attended by the two far-right senior ministers, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minster Bezalel Smotrich, who both observe Shabbat.

The report said Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and senior defense officials were on the call with the prime minister.

According to Ynet, Ben Gvir, who is a staunch opponent of humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, was informed of the decision on Saturday evening by the Prime Minister’s Office, and is “furious.”

According to a statement put out by Ben Gvir’s office, the reason........

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