Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disbanded the country’s war cabinet, an Israeli official says, just over a week after opposition leader Benny Gantz withdrew from the body.

The US-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal doesn’t meet Hamas’ demands for an end to the war, a senior official has told CNN. Osama Hamdan also said that “no one has an idea” how many of the hostages held in the enclave are alive.