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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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 IDF soldiers from the Kfir brgigade operate in the Gaza Strip, November 20, 2024.

IDF names fallen soldier, Katz imposes economic sanctions on Hezbollah

 Defence Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire him from his position as a Defence Minister, on November 5, 2024.

Gallant, Gantz slam idea of incremental military gov’t in Gaza; Smotrich accuses them of weakness

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for the second time (illustrative)

How the IDF got PM to invade Gaza, Lebanon, but cannot convince him to stop

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

Israel Katz confirms issuing of 7,000 IDF draft notices to haredi recruits

MK Dan IIlouz

Dan IIlouz talks haredi draft, UNRWA, and the war in Gaza

 IDF soldiers from the 146th Reserves Division begin operations in southern Lebanon.

Lack of manpower: IDF reservists service jumps from 25 to 136 days a year

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog with China’s representative on the UN security Council Ambassador Fu Cong.

Grapevine November 13, 2024: Two-way street

 PEOPLE STAND close to the remains of a ballistic missile lying in the desert, following Iran’s attack on Israel, as seen from a drone, on October 2. Following Israel’s response to Iran’s attack, both sides can claim the achievement of their objectives and declare psychological victory, the writer n

Will Iran respond to Israel's attack? The answer may surprise you

 Incoming defense minister Israel Katz attends a discussion and vote on the inclusion of MK Gideon Saar as a Minister in the government at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on September 30, 2024.

Defense Minister Israel Katz not blocking IDF issuing 7,000 draft orders to haredim

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden delivers remarks on the 2024 election results and the upcoming presidential transition of power, at the White House, last Thursday. ‘People will call us a lame duck government, but we have to keep our eye on the ball, and we will,’ says a Biden aide regarding the Middle East.

Inside look at White House reaction to Netanyahu's firing of Gallant on election night

By DAVID JABLINOWITZ
 Benjamin Netanyahu, Yaov Gallant, Neftali Bennett (illustrative).

Likud strengthens, coalition weakens: How did the public react to the firing of Gallant?

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG in Ma’alot-Tarshiha.

Grapevine November 8, 2024: A dirty business

 Incoming Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, from the ministerial change ceremony.

Israel Katz inauguration speech: Hostages are Defense Ministry's top priority

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US president Donald Trump prior to signing the Abraham Accords, at the White House, in 2020. Netanyahu was one of the first world leaders to send a congratulatory message to Trump on the heels of this week’s US presidential election, the writer notes.

With Trump and Netanyahu achieving political strongholds, what happens now?

  IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. November 7, 2024.

Hezbollah fires over 60 rockets at Tel Aviv, Haifa suburbs, crash detected in Kfar Yasif

 	 download high resolution download low resolution add to lightbox file name: F240710CG42  caption (en): Israeli minister of Defense Yoav Gallant attends an assembly session in the plenum hall at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on July 10, 2024.

Gallant is the man for the job! Netanyahu, we deserve better

Intelligence Services Minister Israel Katz‏

Israel's Knesset in uproar over Israel Katz becoming new defense minister

 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends an assembly session in the plenum hall at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on July 10, 2024 in front of poster of hostages.

Staying in Philadelphi not worth blocking a deal, Gallant tells hostage families