On Tuesday, the Agudat Yisrael Party, along with its partner Degel HaTorah – forming the United Torah Judaism alliance – also withdrew from the government over the same issue. Their departure left the coalition with just 61 seats in the Knesset, the minimum needed to maintain power.

Shas party quits Cabinet over no future exemption to religious students from military conscription. It leaves Netanyahu's coalition with just 50 seats in 120-member parliament.

A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament.