Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, citing a "crisis of trust," and replaced him with close ally Israel Katz to lead the country's war in Gaza and Lebanon.
Netanyahu's critics accused him of putting politics ahead of national security at a time when Israel is bracing for Iranian retaliation to its Oct. 26 airstrikes on the Islamic Republic.
After Gallant was fired, protesters in Israel blocked highways and lit bonfires on roads, police said.
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