File photo: Itamar Ben Gvir (Picture credit: AP)
Former
national security minister
Itamar Ben-Gvir, who left Israel’s govt over disagreements about the
Gaza ceasefire
, is rejoining the coalition after the resumption of strikes, a statement said, strengthening
Netanyahu's government
.
In January, when he was national security minister, Ben-Gvir resigned from govt over disagreements about the ceasefire.
Ben-Gvir, 48, was known as a
hardline extremist
even before he helped Netanyahu form the most
right-wing coalition
in Israel’s history.