Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was fired for suggesting that Israel make “painful concessions” to reach a hostage deal with Hamas. That’s a no-go for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu so he announced Gallant’s firing.
“Unfortunately, over the past months, the trust between me and the minister of defense has been broken. There were significant gaps regarding the management of the [military] campaign, and these gaps were accompanied by statements and actions that contradicted the decisions of the government and of the Cabinet,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
This move was denounced by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. They say that it is an obvious effort to torpedo any chance of a hostage deal.
Gallant has been Netanyahu’s most useful servant in the war in Gaza. Imagine that after all of that, he loses his job at the mere suggestion of a peace deal.
