Jerusalem: Israel's ruling coalition submitted a bill Wednesday evening to dissolve the Knesset (parliament) amid a Haredi conscription crisis, in a move seen as an attempt to thwart a similar step from the opposition.

According to Anadolu Agency, Ofir Katz, chairman of the coalition and a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, along with all leaders of the coalition parties, "submitted this evening a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset," said the public broadcaster KAN. The bill indicates that the election date will be determined during discussions in a Knesset committee. The measure aims to regulate and streamline the process of dissolving the Knesset, KAN added.

On Tuesday, Netanyahu informed Haredi members in the Knesset of his difficulty in passing a bill to exempt yeshiva students from military service due to a lack of majority in the current Knesset, according to the Israeli news site Walla. In response, the Haredi expressed support for dissolving the Knesset and bringing forward elections, originally scheduled for late October, if the bill is not passed.

Shortly afterward, the Yesh Atid party, led by opposition leader Yair Lapid, and the Democrats Party, headed by Yair Golan, also submitted bills to dissolve the Knesset, indicating plans to bring them to a vote in the Knesset next week. According to observers, the Israeli opposition's alignment with the Haredi in pushing for early elections could potentially unseat Netanyahu after the next election.