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Yoav Gallant

Yoav Gallant is a veteran Israeli politician, currently part of the Likud Party, and is Israel's current defense minister. 

He has an extensive background in the IDF and was at one point a top candidate to become chief of staff.

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 U.S. Air Force members work on the preparation of a humanitarian aid drop for Gaza residents, in this picture released on March 5, 2024.

US artificial island for Gaza aid to be running in early May, IDF sources say

 Children sit in a car trunk, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 24, 2024.

Between 150,000-200,000 Palestinians leave Rafah due to upcoming IDF invasion

 IDF troops operate in Gaza. April 25, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War Day 202: What's going on in Israel?

 HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS hold flags during a rally marking the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last month

Gallant: 50% of Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon killed, other half hiding

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024.

Netanyahu accuses hostage negotiators of lying to public

 Yoav Gallant visits Tel Nof airbase, and speaks to pilots who defended Israel from Iran attack, April 18, 2024.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: 'Israel has freedom to do what it wants'

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a state ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers whose burial place is unknown at Mount Herzl Military cemetery in Jerusalem on March 17, 2024

Gallant: The IDF rules the skies of the Middle East

 A school is seen closed in Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood amid the ongoing war with Hamas, on October 15, 2023.

Israel closes all schools as it remains on high alert for Iranian attack

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari gives a statement to the media in Tel Aviv on October 16, 2023

IDF deploys reinforcement of West Bank troops after death of teenage shepherd

Binyamin Achimair, Missing 14-year-old boy from Samaria, Police are requesting help in searching, April 12, 2024.

Body of missing teenage shepherd found in the West Bank

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and US CENTCOM commander Michael Eric Kurilla holding a situation assessment on the threat from Iran, April 12, 2024.

US asks Israel to give early notice, hold consultations before future attacks on Iran

By Barak Ravid
 An Iranian missile system is seen during an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

US says Iran threat against Israel credible, CBS warns attack imminent

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on April 8, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 187?

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a meeting with CENTCOM Commander, General Michael "Erik" Kurilla

Senior American general to visit Israel in light of looming Iranian attack

By Barak Ravid
 Israeli  minister of Defense Yoav Galant holds a joint press conference with minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich (not seen) in Jerusalem, on December 26, 2023.

Gallant: We’ll flood Gaza with far more than 500 trucks of aid per day

 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel December 18, 2023.

Be wary political rhetoric of war with Iran - comment

 Security forces conduct a joint exercise to prepare against aggression against Israel's northern border

Israel-Hamas war day 186: Three of Haniyeh's sons killed

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits IDF soldiers on March 31, 2024

Gallant: IDF withdrawal in preparation for Rafah operation