Israeli opposition politician Benny Gantz has agreed to form a national unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Hamas terror attacks.A statement from Gantz also said a five-member “war-management” cabinet would be established.The unity government will only be tasked with the security situation in Israel and will not sign off on any legislation or make decisions not tied to the ongoing conflict, according to the statement.It’s unclear how the national unity government will impact Netanyahu’s partners in his current governing coalition. Netanyahu’s coalition mostly consists of ultra-orthodox and far-right parties.Gantz belongs to the centrist Blue and White alliancewhile Benjamin Netanyahu belongs to the conservative Likud party.Gantz and Netanyahu will be a part of a “war Cabinet” directing operations against Hamas, the Islamist militant organisation in charge of the Gaza Strip.“Following a meeting… held today, the two agreed on establishing an emergency government and war cabinet,” a joint statement read.Defence minister Yoav Gallant will also be a part of the war cabinet. Gadi Eisenkot, a member of the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, who earlier served as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), will be an observer in the Cabinet, along with Israeli minister of strategic affairs Ron Dermer.Yair Lapid, a member of the centrist Yesh Atid party, has not yet signed onto the war cabinet, but a seat will be left open for him. Lapid is a frequent critic of Netanyahu and the far-right and orthodox religious parties in Netanyahu’s coalition.The decision to form a unity government and war cabinet between Netanyahu and Gantz is significant, as Gantz had previously chided Netanyahu over his judicial reform plans.The unity government means that for the duration, there will likely be no movement at all on the judicial reform issue, which had divided Israel and led to massive protests in Tel Aviv and other cities.This article was originally published on DW.