Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could see himself booted from power as the Knesset faces the first vote to dissolve parliament on Wednesday amid frustrations over the protracted war in Gaza.

Israel's parliament rejected early on Thursday a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, the Knesset said in a statement, after an agreement was reached regarding a dispute over conscription. The vote, which could have been a first step leading to an early election that polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would lose,

An attempt by the Israeli opposition to bring down the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and force early elections failed in parliament on Thursday by the narrowest of margins. Sixty-one members of the 120-seat Knesset voted against the opposition motion.