"That trust has diminished over the last few months. Given this, I made the decision today to terminate the defense minister's term," Netanyahu stated in a statement released by his office.
Following public disagreements over the continuing war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday and replaced him with Israel Katz, a former top diplomat.As the United States, Israel's main military ally, holds elections, Gallant, who has been tough on Israel's battle with Hezbollah but has also recently called for a ceasefire and a solution to free the hostages in Gaza, was unexpectedly fired.
Since the Palestinian militant group's fatal October 7 attack on Israel last year, Israel has launched a retaliatory military offensive against Hamas, which has led to regular clashes between Netanyahu and Gallant.
"In the last several months, confidence has diminished. Given this, I made the decision today to terminate the defense minister's term," Netanyahu's office said in a statement, adding that Katz had been named to succeed him.
Katz was then replaced as foreign minister by Gideon Saar.
Following his dismissal, Gallant declared that his life's "mission" would continue to be ensuring Israel's security.
According to an AFP count of Israeli official data, 1,206 persons, primarily civilians, were killed in Hamas' October 7 onslaught on Israel.
"In the last several months, confidence has diminished. Given this, I made the decision today to terminate the defense minister's term," Netanyahu's office said in a statement, adding that Katz had been named to succeed him.
Katz was then replaced as foreign minister by Gideon Saar.
Following his dismissal, Gallant declared that his life's "mission" would continue to be ensuring Israel's security.
According to an AFP count of Israeli official data, 1,206 persons, primarily civilians, were killed in Hamas' October 7 onslaught on Israel.
According to Gaza health ministry numbers that the UN deems credible, Israel's retaliatory attack has killed 43,391 persons in Gaza, the bulk of whom were civilians.
Drones and rockets
More than a year after the start of the conflict in Gaza, Israeli soldiers intensified their multi-front campaign against militants Tuesday from the air and on the ground.
Deadly raids were reported nationwide by Lebanon's authorities. According to the health ministry, an Israeli attack on Jiyeh, a coastal hamlet south of Beirut, left one person dead and twenty injured.
Drones and rockets
More than a year after the start of the conflict in Gaza, Israeli soldiers intensified their multi-front campaign against militants Tuesday from the air and on the ground.
Deadly raids were reported nationwide by Lebanon's authorities. According to the health ministry, an Israeli attack on Jiyeh, a coastal hamlet south of Beirut, left one person dead and twenty injured.
According to a security source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the target was a Hezbollah apartment.
According to an AFP correspondent, the attack demolished the top floor of a four-story building.
According to Lebanon's official National News Agency, air raids also occurred in the eastern Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon.
According to the NNA, after recent intense searches, the army and the Lebanese Red Cross had retrieved seven dead from a community in the southern Tyre district.
Hezbollah said Tuesday that it has attacked Israeli forces inside Lebanon close to the border and launched rockets and drones into northern Israel.
More than a month into the Hezbollah-Israel conflict, which has claimed at least 1,964 lives in Lebanon since September 23, Tuesday's fighting
According to an AFP correspondent, the attack demolished the top floor of a four-story building.
According to Lebanon's official National News Agency, air raids also occurred in the eastern Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon.
According to the NNA, after recent intense searches, the army and the Lebanese Red Cross had retrieved seven dead from a community in the southern Tyre district.
Hezbollah said Tuesday that it has attacked Israeli forces inside Lebanon close to the border and launched rockets and drones into northern Israel.
More than a month into the Hezbollah-Israel conflict, which has claimed at least 1,964 lives in Lebanon since September 23, Tuesday's fighting
The town of Al-Qusayr in neighboring Syria, near the Lebanon border, was attacked by air for the second time in a week.
"An intelligence-based strike on weapons storage facilities used by Hezbollah's munitions unit" was carried out, according to Israel's military.
"An intelligence-based strike on weapons storage facilities used by Hezbollah's munitions unit" was carried out, according to Israel's military.
Israel "also targeted some residential buildings surrounding the industrial zone" in Al-Qusayr, according to Syria's official news agency, SANA.
No casualties were reported by SANA.
West Bank fatalities
Israeli soldiers killed seven Palestinians in separate operations in the West Bank, where violence has escalated since the October 7 attack on Israel, according to Palestinian officials.
Targeting "terrorists" was what the Israeli military informed AFP.
The health ministry in Ramallah says that since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 757 Palestinians in the West Bank.
According to official Israeli estimates, at least 24 people have been killed in the West Bank during the same time period by Palestinian attacks against Israelis.
Whoever wins Tuesday's U.S. presidential election must put an end to the fighting in Gaza, Palestinians in the region told AFP.
According to 45-year-old Ayman al-Omreiti in Gaza City, "We are hanging by a thread, and like everyone else in the world, we are looking for someone who can stop the war."
The health ministry in Ramallah says that since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 757 Palestinians in the West Bank.
According to official Israeli estimates, at least 24 people have been killed in the West Bank during the same time period by Palestinian attacks against Israelis.
Whoever wins Tuesday's U.S. presidential election must put an end to the fighting in Gaza, Palestinians in the region told AFP.
According to 45-year-old Ayman al-Omreiti in Gaza City, "We are hanging by a thread, and like everyone else in the world, we are looking for someone who can stop the war."
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