Analysts describe Katz as a yes-man who will give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more freedom on the battlefield and help ensure his own political survival.

Yoav Gallant and Netanyahu have clashed for years. The Israeli prime minister first tried to fire the defense minister in ...

Protesters blocked a Tel Aviv highway after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ...

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the dismissal of his popular defense minister, thousands of Israelis took ...

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

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 ...

On Tuesday, Mr. Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, a main interlocutor with the Biden administration, against a backdrop of differences between the prime minister and Mr. Gallant over ...

The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in Iran in October following Tehran's latest missile barrage.

Gallant is a vicious war hawk, whose disagreements with Netanyahu are over how best to assert Zionism’s interests militarily.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after months of clashes over domestic ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ignited controversy and protests ...