The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has fired his defence minister and war cabinet member Yoav Gallant, saying 'trust has cracked' in a statement on Tuesday.
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Netanyahu said: 'The crisis of trust … between me and the minister of defence has become common knowledge, and this crisis does not allow for the proper continuation of the [military] campaign.' He said the foreign minister, Israel Katz, would replace the outgoing defence minister
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