Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- JERUSALEM - A rift within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition has emerged as a key obstacle in efforts to end the Gaza war - threatening to derail US President Donald Trump's push to reshape the Middle East through his 20-point Gaza peace proposal.

Under growing pressure from Washington to end the two-year-long conflict, Netanyahu now faces backlash from ultra-nationalist allies, whose hardline opposition to Trump's plan could plunge Israel into early elections, a full year before the current term expires in October 2026.

Trump's proposal - endorsed by Netanyahu - calls for Gaza's complete demilitarisation, the exclusion of Hamas from governance, but allows its members to remain in politic...