Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant after months of clashes over domestic politics and Israel’s war efforts.
In a recorded statement Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that “trust between me and the minister of defence has cracked.”
Israel Katz, currently the foreign minister, will become defence minister. Gideon Sa’ar will replace Katz as foreign minister, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday. Neither has extensive military experience, though Katz has served in the cabinet throughout the war.
The move came as voters in the United States, Israel’s most important ally, voted for their next president. Gallant is a close interlocutor for the U.S. administration, and has been said to have daily conversations with U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
FILE: Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant makes a joint statement with his …