Opinion: With international recognition of Palestine growing and allies turning critical, Netanyahu presses ahead to take over Gaza City, defying warnings from Israel’s top brass and risking further isolation — relying on Donald Trump as his sole supportive world leader  

At the core is not an effort to improve senior command, but rather an attempt to diminish the chief of staff’s authority and possibly force his resignation, paving the way to appoint someone aligned with the ruling Likud party and its 'full right-wing' government