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Yuuup. That asshole has replaced Gallant.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/katz-formally-replaces-gallant-as-defense-minister-holds-assessment-with-security-chiefs/

Israel Katz formally became defense minister on Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Yoav Gallant on Tuesday night.

Addressing Gallant, former Financial Minister Katz said, We were friends and we will remain friends because we believe in the same things that will ensure the security and future of the State of Israel, the Jewish State. I promise you that the entire State of Israel will emerge from the campaign and from the pain to much higher places.
Gallant, in his parting speech, said he was leaving the role with great pain over the loss [of lives], and for what has not yet been completed, the return of the hostages.

Netanyahu said that the two disagreed on the management of the war, and that Gallant had made statements and taken actions that contradicted cabinet decisions. Netanyahu claimed that their "disagreements and lack of mutual trust indirectly helped the enemy."

The bombshell announcement was met with a mixture of outrage from members of the opposition and elation from coalition members, many of whom have been openly critical of Gallants position on a variety of matters pertaining to the war.
It also sparked several days of protests, recalling the first time Netanyahu fired Gallant, in March 2023, over his opposition to the governments proposed judicial overhaul. Back then, amid massive outcry, the prime minister backtracked, and reversed the firing. This time, the demonstrations were far smaller in scale.

In a speech following his firing, Gallant said he was dismissed due to disagreements with Netanyahu about conscription of the ultra-Orthodox, hostage negotiations with the Hamas terror group, and a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack.

Yeah, the IDF is critically short on reserves, most of whom are now doing their 5th or 6th tour of duty. Many are not doing additional tours of duty due to injury or PTSD. Yet Netanyahu is trying to help the far right pass an amendment that prevents the Hassidic/Ultra orthodox from being conscripted. Currently, there are 65,000 ultra orthodox draft dodgers. Gallant also opposed seizure of the Philadelphi Corridor as a condition of a hostage deal and tried a lot harder than the rest of the coalition to make a ceasefire with Hamas in exchange for the Israeli hostages.

For the unfamiliar, here are a few ToI headlines regarding this asshole:

Gallant said to call demand for permanent Philadelphi Corridor occupation a disgrace, drawing fury from PM, ministers

This is a war: Katz urges Gaza-style temporary evacuation of Palestinians in West Bank

Katz is also the guy who more or less forced embassies in the West Bank of Euro countries that recognized Palestine's sovereignity to close after revoking the accreditation of their diplomats. Said embassies were also involved in a lot of aid work.
Now this guy is the defense minister.