Yoav Gallant

'Hero of Kibbutz Alumim': Israel reacts to news of final hostage Ran Gvili's return

Leaders across Israel paid tribute as the remains of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili were brought home, closing the chapter of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

Itzik Gvili, father of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, places his hands on the coffin containing his son's remains, January 26, 2026.
President Isaac Herzog meets with President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025

In Davos, Herzog calls for ICC measures against Netanyahu, Gallant to be lifted

An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

New Jordan security fence could be done in early 2028

‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April.

Why Israel has suppressed its legal narrative on the war for two years - exclusive


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

Amid US election night, White House aides reacted to Netanyahu’s firing of Israel's defense minister, highlighting strained diplomacy with Israel and frustrations over European cooperation.

 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.

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

Most Israelis opposed the firing of Gallant, with 57% saying they were against the move, while only 29% supported it.

 Benjamin Netanyahu, Yaov Gallant, Neftali Bennett (illustrative).

Grapevine November 8, 2024: A dirty business

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG in Ma’alot-Tarshiha.

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

Gallant, who also spoke, expressed gratitude and appreciation for the IDF commanders and soldiers, as well as members of the security forces, regular and reserve.

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

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

This time, Netanyahu wanted to make things right, hinting not only through his words but also through actions that he is eager to stay in Trump’s good graces.

 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.

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

IAF targets Hezbollah command, military infrastructure in Lebanon • IDF preparing opening of Kissufim crossing for transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza

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

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

A true leader would find a way to bridge those gaps, would see the fractures in the society they are charged with leading and protecting, and tend to them - What we have seen is the opposite.

 	 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.

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

Members of the opposition chose to leave Thursday night’s plenum in protest of the new appointments.

Intelligence Services Minister Israel Katz‏

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

Gallant explained that he was in the minority but represented the entire security apparatus that believed a deal could be advanced and even reached. 

 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.

‘Gallant is gone, Hamas is still here:’ Arabic media celebrates Gallant’s firing and protests

Many bloggers expressed their joy over Gallant’s dismissal and gloated over the ensuing protests, which some reported as a ‘military coup’

 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.