Report: Netanyahu still considering offering Sa’ar defense minister role to bring him back into coalition

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering firing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and replacing him with New Hope chair Gideon Sa’ar, Channel 12 reports, without citing sources, echoing previous reports on the potential move to bring him back into the coalition.

According to the report, Netanyahu is holding consultations on the matter during the Knesset’s three-month summer recess.

Sa’ar announced his party’s departure from the coalition in March after his demand to be admitted to the high-level war cabinet was denied. He has since harshly criticized the government’s management of the war in Gaza and has said he would be willing to make “concessions” to create a right-wing bloc opposing Netanyahu.

The network says Sa’ar is considering the offer favorably, while also reporting that sources close to the MK deny he has received any such proposal.