An Israel war cabinet meeting to plan the ‘day after’ in Gaza erupted into chaos after an investigation was launched into the military’s failures leading to October 7.

An Israel war cabinet meeting to plan the “day after” in Gaza erupted into chaos after an investigation was launched into the military’s failures leading to October 7.

Meeting to discuss the outline for the Palestinian enclave, factions from the coalition government clashed in a “brawl” over the announcement of an internal probe of the Israel Defence Force.

It comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Middle East on a high-stakes trip amid assassinations in Lebanon, suicide bombings in Iran, drone strikes in Iraq, and the Indian Navy storming a hijacked tanker.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut off a highly-anticipated war cabinet meeting after shouting exploded between top ministers about IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, local media reported.

Halevi formed a committee of ex-defence officials to investigate how the IDF was blindsided by the October 7 massacre, leading the raucous meeting to “explode” in a screaming match heard down the hall.

“Why do we need to investigate now,” said Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem, according to The Times of Israel. “So military people are on the defensive instead of busying themselves with winning [the war]?”

The brawl scuttled discussions over the plan for Gaza submitted by Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Under the plan, unspecified Palestinian bodies would assume governance of the territory after the IDF dismantles Hamas.

Its release was received with scepticism throughout the region, prompting the US to dispatch Blinken in an effort to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East.

US SECRETARY OF STATE ARRIVES IN TURKEY

Blinken arrived in Turkey on the first leg of his crisis tour that will include Israel, the Palestinian Authority base in the West Bank and five Arab countries — Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

He’s holding talks in Istanbul with his Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the Muslim world’s harshest critics of US support for Israel.

“We don’t expect every conversation on this trip to be easy. There are obviously tough issues facing the region and difficult choices ahead,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.

“But the secretary believes it is the responsibility of the United States of America to lead diplomatic efforts to tackle those challenges head-on.”

Blinken returns for his fourth crisis trip to a region that has seen violence spread to Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Iran.