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.

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party, which is a key ally of PM Netanyahu, said early Tuesday it was leaving the coalition government

Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.

One of Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism, said it was quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition due to a long-running dispute over failure to draft a bill to exempt yeshiva students from military service. Six of the remaining seven members of UTJ wrote letters of resignation. Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of UTJ, had resigned a month ago. That would leave Netanyahu with a razor thin majority of 61 seats in the 120 seat Knesset, or parliament.

Israeli ultra-Orthodox party leaves coalition over military draft exemptions, potentially destabilizing Netanyahu's rule amid Gaza war.

The move by the six United Torah Judaism party members leaves Netanyahu's nationalist-religious government extremely vulnerable

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party has announced plans to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government.