Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant officially stepped down on Friday after being fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier in the week. The move has caused shockwaves across Israe. Gallant is replaced by Israel Katz, who was serving a the foreign minister till now and is a long-time Netanyahu loyalist.

Netanyahu and Gallant have repeatedly been at odds over the war in Gaza. Netanyahu had avoided firing his rival until world’s attention was focused on the U.S. presidential election.

On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who has sometimes challenged Netanyahu politically, and replaced him with a minister more loyal to Netanyahu in a major shakeup of Israeli leadership 13 months into their genocide in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the dismissal of defense minister Yoav Gallant late Tuesday, saying trust between the two men “eroded” in recent months. Despite serving in the prime minister’s government,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired defense minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, after Netanyahu said trust between the two officials had “eroded” in recent months following disagreements over Israel’s war in Gaza.

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant has officially stepped down in a ceremony that replaced him with Israel Katz, the former foreign minister, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Gallant e

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday, just two days after he was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Austin told Gallant that he was “a trusted partner and friend” and one whose “expertise,

The coalition that keeps Netanyahu in power is built astride a political fault line. On one side are the ultra-Orthodox parti