Israel's parliament is set to hold a preliminary vote on Wednesday to dissolve itself following a dispute over conscription, a first step that could lead to an early election, which polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would lose.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government survived an attempt to dissolve Israel's parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners joining him in voting against a bill that would have forced them to register for military service while the country is at war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could see himself booted from power as Knesset faces the first vote to dissolve parliament on Wednesday over frustrations of the protracted war in Gaza.