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A key partner in governing coalition said onÌýMonday that all the factions are working to try and keep the fragile coalition afloat, less than a year after it was sworn into office.

The coalition has come under threat by internal squabbles andÌýrepeated IsraeliÌýsecurity and settler raidsÌýon , the third-holiest site in Islam.

The assaultsÌýhave left over 200 Palestinians injured and seen and attacked with tear gas by Israeli security.

Earlier this month a member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's party split from the ruling coalition, leaving the government without a majority in parliament and raising the possibility of yet another national election after years of political chaos.

The eight-party alliance, made up of ultranationalists, left-of-centreÌýparties and a small Islamist faction, is now deadlocked with the opposition with 60 seats each in the 120-member Knesset.

That has greatly complicated the government's ability to pass legislation and raised the risk of plunging the country into snap elections.

"It is a challenging moment for the coalition, for sure. Politically speaking, there are obstacles,"ÌýLabor Party leader Merav Michaeli said. But she expressed hope for the government’s survival.

Michaeli, who is the transportation minister, said that all party chiefs "are working together in order to find every way to keep this government, and to keep it working the way it has been doing so far."

She spoke at a meeting of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, a city that Israel has illegally occupied since 1967 and annexed in 1980 in a move not recognised by the international community.

Idit Silman served as coalition whip until her departure from Yamina, the small hard-line party led by Bennett, earlier this month.

She said in a resignation letter that "key values in my worldview are inconsistent with current reality",Ìýdays after voicing vehement opposition to allowing bread into public hospitals on the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Yamina is popular among religious nationalist Jews, who refrain from consuming bread during the holiday.

Bennett's coalition also faces other challenges. Israeli raidsÌýat Al-AqsaÌýprompted the small Islamist party Raam — the first PalestinianÌýparty to serve in an Israeli coalition — to temporarily suspend its participation in protest.

In addition to the Israeli police's attacksÌýagainst worshippersÌýin Jerusalem, PalestiniansÌýalsoÌýpoint to the large number of IsraelisÌýattempting to pray atÌýthe Al-Aqsa compound during Passover, in violation of the status quo agreement there,Ìýas an unacceptable escalation.

Israeli leaders have accused Hamas of orchestratingÌýviolenceÌýand encouraging young Palestinians to confront police.

Under longstanding norms, Jews are allowed to visit the site but not to worshipÌýthere. But this has increasingly happened in recent years with apparent Israeli police backing, raising Palestinian concerns that Israel is plotting to take over or divide the site. Israel denies the allegations.

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Michaeli declined to cast blame for the latestÌýeventsÌýat Al-Aqsa, where Israel began its attacks over a week ago,Ìýbut said all sides should act reasonably.

"I would like to reduce to a minimum anything that causes violence or hardships in the Temple Mount,"ÌýMichaeli said, using the term the Al-Aqsa compoundÌýis known by to Jews.

She addedÌýthat Israel needs to reach a political agreement with PalestineÌýthat would also encompass the future status of the holy site.

The Israeli attacksÌýat the Jerusalem mosqueÌýare part of a broader wave of violence. This has seen several deadly attacks by Palestinians inside Israel, manyÌýlethal Israeli arrest raids in the occupied West Bank, the shooting of an unarmed Palestinian woman by Israeli security,Ìýand exchanges of fireÌýbetween Israel and Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group.

On Monday, a rocket was launched from Lebanon into Israel, which struck back with tank shelling.

came to powerÌýfollowing a protracted political crisis that saw Israelis go to the polls four times in about two years.

Despite their ideological differences, the eight parties banded together to oust former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who now serves as opposition leader.