Netanyahu said he was firing Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who broke rank by openly calling for a halt to the overhaul of the judiciary

Some Palestinians compared the division in Israel to their own factional split between the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank

At least 29 others have been injured in the accident

Netanyahu said the crisis required all sides to act responsibly, while the United States welcomed his action

Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged the government to halt its bitterly contested judicial overhaul "for the sake of the unity of the people of Israel, for the sake of responsibility”

The minister is sacked after he said the government should delay moving forward with a highly-contested plan to overhaul the country's judicial system

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry blamed the incident on 'Jewish terrorist elements' but Israeli police said the fire was an accident

Many said the potential chaos was emblematic of decades of failed governance by leaders that led Lebanon into a 2019 financial crisis