PM said examining ways to cut security detail provided to former defense minister Gallant

6 March 2025, 9:08 pm

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (foreground) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hold a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to reduce the security detail granted to former defense minister Yoav Gallant, some four months after firing him from his post, Channel 13 reports.

The report asserts that Netanyahu’s office is examining several ways to reduce the level of security provided to Gallant, after it was increased at the start of the war with Hamas.

Among the possibilities being considered is the option to shorten the number of years that Gallant is required to receive a security detail for, Channel 13 says.

The Prime Minister’s Office says in response that the report is “disturbing fake news,” while a representative for Gallant declines to comment.