The leaders of Israel’s governing coalition have said they will submit a bill to dissolve parliament.

“After exhausting all efforts to stabilise the coalition, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and … (Foreign Minister) Yair Lapid have decided to submit a bill” dissolving parliament “next week”, the two leading coalition partners said in a statement on Monday.

They also said that if the bill is approved, Lapid will take over as prime ministser of a caretaker government.

The election would be Israel’s fifth in three years. Israeli daily Haaretz reported the election would be held on October 25.

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