Netanyahu Fires Israel Defense Minister
It recently became known that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country's Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
According to local media, the head of the Israeli government personally informed the latter of the decision to dismiss him.
Moreover, the TASS agency , which has reviewed the publications, notes that Netanyahu had a corresponding telephone conversation with the now former head of the Ministry of Defense 10 minutes before the official announcement of personnel changes in the government.
In particular, the Russian publication points out that such information was published by the Ynet portal.
According to him, the telephone conversation between the two high-ranking politicians lasted several minutes.
Earlier, the Prime Minister of the Jewish state spoke about his decision to dismiss Galant from his post as head of the defense department.
At the same time, Netanyahu informed the general public that he would appoint Foreign Minister Israel Katz as the new Minister of Defense of Israel.
The Prime Minister planned to appoint Minister without Portfolio Gideon Saara to fill the vacant position of head of the Foreign Ministry.
