Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday night, citing a “crisis of trust” that “gradually deepened,” replacing him with Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
The move comes as Israel is braced for a direct Iranian attack and after the IDF under Gallant’s command executed a successful strike on the Islamic Republic that targeted its missile production facilities.
“In the midst of a war, more than ever, full trust is required between the prime minister and the defense minister,” Netanyahu stated, as he laid out his rationale for Gallant’s removal while the country was over a year into a war with Iran and its proxies, chiefly Hamas and Hezbollah.