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Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 7, 2026, 5:41 pm
Reports: With primary near, Katz ditches security cabinet meeting early for Likud wedding
Netanyahu, reportedly surprised by departure, asks ‘Where is the defense minister?’; Katz says he held 10 hours of security deliberations on Thursday
By ToI Staff
Minister of Defense Israel Katz announces that he's replacing the IDF's top West Bank general, on Channel 14, August 2, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 3, 2026, 5:17 am
Katz announces on TV he’s replacing top West Bank general; IDF says he’ll stay in his role
Open dispute erupts between army and defense minister, who tells right-wing Channel 14 live studio audience that Maj. Gen. Bluth acted against his policy on violent settler, names Bluth’s successor, and declares he has ‘absolute control over what is necessary’ in IDF
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Marcelle Taljah, seen with her new granddaughter on October 6, a day before she was murdered. (Courtesy)
February 19, 2025, 5:42 pm
Government urged to recognize as orphans those who lost sole living parent on Oct. 7
Law currently grants significant compensation to people of all ages if both parents are victims of hostile act; group says for some 60 people, their only parent was killed by Hamas
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: An employee of Al Jazeera walks past the channel's logo at its headquarters in Doha, Qatar, in 2016. (AP/ Kamran Jebreili, File)
October 20, 2023, 1:46 pm
Gov’t approves emergency regulations that could pave way to closing Al Jazeera offices
Regulations cover foreign news channels; Karhi says Qatar-owned outlet has harmed national security; proposal to shutter outlet in Israel to be filed next week
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend a Mimouna event in Hadera on April 12, 2023. (Rami Shllush/POOL)
April 13, 2023, 1:48 pm
Daily Briefing April 13: Passover ends with protests against the premier at Mimouna
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses Netanyahu’s relationships with his defense ministers; as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at talking plants and recycling
By ToI Staff
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri arrives for coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem on November 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
November 15, 2022, 12:57 am
Netanyahu said to offer Deri defense minister, wants to give Smotrich treasury
Likud leader proposes giving far-right Religious Zionism leader finance portfolio, which Deri wants for himself, amid outcry over notion of Smotrich at Defense
By ToI Staff
Amos Gilead, former director of the Defense Ministry's Political-Military Affairs Bureau, speaks at the Herzliya Conference on May 9, 2018. (Gilad Kavalerchik/ Herzliya Conference)
November 12, 2022, 5:26 pm
Ex-security official foresees ‘major disaster’ if Smotrich made defense minister
Amos Gilad claims Religious Zionism chair planned terror attacks along major highway to protest 2005 Gaza disengagement, fears he could upend situation in northern West Bank
By ToI Staff
Head of the Religious Zionist party Bezalel Smotrich at the party's campaign headquarters after election day, November 1, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 12, 2022, 1:04 am
Former IDF chief says making Smotrich defense minister would be a worrying ‘gamble’
Eisenkot warns far-right MK’s inexperience, hardline views would ‘create chaotic environment’; ex-Shin Bet man describes Smotrich’s potentially dangerous bid to thwart Gaza pullout
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Then-defense minister Benny Gantz, on a state visit to Azerbaijan, October 3, 2022. (Nicole Laskavi/MOD)
October 3, 2022, 8:21 pm
In Azerbaijan, Gantz discusses defense ties with president and other top officials
Defense chief touts ‘strategic relations’ between Jerusalem and Baku, as he wraps up trip, which comes 2 weeks after skirmish between Azerbaijan and Armenia over disputed territory
By Ash Obel
From left to right: IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend a military drill in northern Israel on November 16, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
June 17, 2022, 12:34 pm
Bennett said seeking to interview candidates for IDF head, Gantz reluctant
Defense chief reportedly fears taking a backseat to PM in process traditionally assigned to minister; he is scheduled to interview candidates in coming days
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz addresses the Knesset on October 15, 2020. (Gideon Sharon/Knesset Spokesperson)
June 9, 2021, 2:03 pm
Defense minister says he is sticking to plan to shut Army Radio
Benny Gantz tells the Knesset that ‘IDF soldiers must be kept as far as possible from any political involvement’
By ToI Staff
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum on May 17, 2020. (Knesset)
May 22, 2020, 5:10 pm
Gantz joins PM in response to Iran threats: Arrogant words are sign of weakness
Netanyahu warns Tehran: Anyone threatening Israel with destruction faces a similar threat, after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calls Israel ‘virus that must be eliminated’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hands clasped as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool)
April 21, 2020, 8:38 am
New cabinet to be the largest in Israel’s history
Coalition agreement includes 32 ministers for emergency government, swelling to 36 at end of coronavirus crisis; foreign and energy portfolios to rotate
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beitenu chairman Avigdor Liberman speaks in the Knesset on May 13, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 18, 2019, 9:20 pm
Liberman hints entry into coalition won’t be conditioned on harsher Gaza policy
Yisrael Beytenu head, who quit as DM over Gaza issue, criticizes government’s response to violence from Hamas-run enclave, but indicates it’s not a subject for coalition dealing
By ToI Staff
Kulanu MK Michael Oren, on June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 23, 2018, 4:56 pm
Michael Oren: I am the most qualified person to be immigration minister
Former ambassador to the US says his Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon has ‘demanded’ Netanyahu give him the portfolio
By Raoul Wootliff
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