A source told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that the message had been passed on to IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir saying: 'If this does not suit you, then you should resign.'

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir is expected to approve on Sunday a series of phased operational plans to expand Israeli military activity in Gaza.

Netanyahu appeared shaken in a statement after footage emerged of two hostages, Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, both looking skeletal and pale in an underground tunnel.