Any major progress on a cease-fire will probably have to wait until after January’s inauguration, analysts said. Gazans said they were divided about whether Mr. Trump would do much to stop the war.
New York after the election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed Donald J. Trump’s win, but how Mr. Trump might rearrange the regional chessboard is unclear.
There is a belief in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Israeli government that a Trump administration will allow it to end its wars on favorable terms.
The Israeli defense minister was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel after the two clashed over the course of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.
Yoav Gallant, the ousted cabinet minister, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had sharp public disagreements over Israel’s war against Hamas and what will follow it.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at a news conference at Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 28, 2023, three weeks after the war with Hamas began.
The prime minister has replaced an experienced former general with Mr. Katz, who had been foreign minister and who has staunchly supported Israel’s right-wing government.
Israel Katz addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 2019, during an earlier stint as Israel’s foreign minister. He was named defense minister on Tuesday.
Yoav Gallant was defense minister of Israel from 2022 until his dismissal on Tuesday. He had increasingly been at odds with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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