Israel’s parliament approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency unity government, including a number of centrist opposition lawmakers, to display its determination to fight the war with Hamas in Gaza, writes Reuters.

The government, approved after Saturday’s attack by the militant Islamist group Hamas that governs the Gaza Strip, underlines the suspension of normal political rules during one of the most serious crises in Israel’s history.

“This is a war for our home, it must end with one thing - in total victory, and the crushing and elimination of Hamas”, Netanyahu told parliament, calling Oct. 7 “the most horrible day for Jewish people since the Holocaust”.

Under the agreement, former Defence Minister Benny Gantz and members of his small centrist party will join Netanyahu’s coalition, one of the most right-wing governments in Israel’s history, which Gantz had previously bitterly opposed.