A religious party has quit Israel's ruling coalition in a dispute over military service, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a razor-thin majority in parliament but still enough political support to secure a potential Gaza ceasefire.

Orthodox party said it’s walking out of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, threatening to leave the government with a razor-thin majority in parliament.The United Torah Judaism party announced late on Monday it would quit in protest at a bill seeking to curtail the exemptions from military draft,

Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing majority is hanging in the balance after an ultra-Orthodox party quit his ruling coalition in protest of a new military conscription bill.