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A former US ambassador has slammed Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu as a 'clear and present danger' to the country amid its ongoing war with Hamas.

Martin Indyk, 72, demanded the 74-year-old leader resign 'before he does even more damage' in a post on X Sunday.

The comments come days after a report from the New York Times claimed the politician was not only was aware that Qatar was funneling millions of dollars a month to Gaza and its resident terror group, but actually encouraged the payments.

That decision reportedly stemmed from the belief the funds would help secure peace and stability in the region, and the hope that Hamas had neither the desire nor the capacity to launch an organized attack.

Those alleged aspirations of course proved misplaced on October 7, when more than 1,200 Israelis, including 40 babies, were killed and 240 more kidnapped, culminating in the current conflict that has seen casualties since rise drastically.

On Sunday, Indyk - who served as the US ambassador to Israel from January 2000 to July 2001 - chided Netanyahu in a reply to a post sharing the Times report that called the piece 'a hit job'.

'I would agree with you if @netanyahu wasn’t currently causing a rift with Joe Biden, Israel’s only friend in this crisis,' replied Indyk, who has 32,300 followers and is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations - a US think tank.  

'His determination to stay in power no matter the cost is a clear and present danger to Israel,' he continued, citing the allegations contained in the Times report.

He went on to outright declare: 'He needs to resign…yesterday!'

Aside from the report, the remarks appeared to refererence to theories that the two long-allied countries are headed toward an inevitable impasse as Israel expands its ground operation into the southern Gaza Strip.

Currently on the cusp of a reelection year, Biden has elected to offer financial and not physical support - in an apparent bid to hedge its interests and not alienate more voters than needed.

Billing its priority as lasting peace and not endless carnage, the Biden administration - which has promised at least $14.3 billion of additional military aid to Israel on top of the $3billion already doled out annually - has marked the start of 2024 as a target date for ending Israel’s massive military campaign in Gaza, Al-Monitor reported.

While not a strict deadline, the marker is still a target, but according to some, not enough to stay in favor with the US's longtime Middle Eastern ally.