CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense 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 defense has cracked.”Israel Katz, currently the foreign minister, will become defense minister.
Gideon Sa’ar will replace Katz as foreign minister, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday.
Thomas Koehler/picture-alliance/dpa/APSa’ar, whom Netanyahu has tapped for foreign minister, is thought to be an influential interlocutor to the ultra-Orthodox parties.
I will not facilitate this.”Netanyahu said he would fire the defense minister, but reversed his position following pressure.
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