"Firing Gallant in the middle of a war is an act of madness," opposition leader Yair Lapid said on X. "Netanyahu is selling ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly sacked Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, citing what the prime ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s shock firing of his defense chief on Tuesday night removed a cabinet critic, but ...

The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in Iran in October following ...

Israel's sacked defence minister Yoav Gallant is a former general who shaped the war against Hamas in Gaza, but fell out of ...

"Nowadays today we are here in the streets because we asked Netanyahu not to replace Gallant. We know that he's using our ...

The move follows months of disagreement over the handling of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.

The announcement that Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant had been dismissed was apparently orchestrated for just five minutes before the evening news, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported.

Israel's parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country's own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other ...

Gallant will be replaced by Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Netanyahu said in a statement issued on the day the world’s attention was focused on the U.S. election.

Israel's army and intelligence services were completely taken by surprise by the attack. Gallant had also backed these demands, which was one of the reasons he had fallen out of favour with Netanyahu.