Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi attend a ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 last year that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on Oct. 27, 2024.

"In the midst of a war, more than ever, full trust is required between the prime minister and defense minister," Netanyahu said."Unfortunately, although in the first months of the campaign there was such trust and there was very fruitful work, during the last months this trust cracked between me and the defense minister."In the early days of the war, Israel's leadership presented a unified front as it responded to Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

Gallant has worn a simple, black buttoned shirt throughout the war in a sign of sorrow over the Oct. 7 attack and developed a strong relationship with his U.S. counterpart, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

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