Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has removed Yoav Gallant as his defense minister, his office announced Tuesday.

I will not facilitate this.” Netanyahu said he would fire the defense minister, but reversed his position following pressure. The rancor between the two men has persisted and grown since the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister on Tuesday (November 5)... claiming he'd lost trust in the man overseeing Israel's military operations amid bloody conflicts in ...

Gallant is a former general who was appointed Israel's defense minister in 2022. As a government official, Gallant has garnered public support to the extent that when Netanyahu attempted to fire ...

Netanyahu last tried to fire Gallant in March of 2023, when the defense minister publicly voiced opposition to the government’s effort to weaken the judiciary. Protests forced Netanyahu to ...

Netanyahu has long had a tense relationship with Gallant, firing the defense minister in March 2023 after Gallant made a public statement opposing the government’s planned judicial reform.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday evening. Netanyahu explained that this is the result of a crisis of trust and significant differences between the ...