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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

Yoav Gallant

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Maj. Gen. Avi Gil during the hostage rescue in southern Gaza's Rafah, February 12, 2024 (Shin Bet)
March 2, 2025, 6:04 am
Netanyahu’s office admits staff didn’t pass on alert hours before Oct. 7 attack
Confirming a report about IDF sending out a document detailing unusual Hamas activity, premier’s office defends intelligence officer’s conduct as the info was framed as non-urgent
By ToI Staff
File: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2024. (Drew Angerer/AFP)
February 27, 2025, 9:51 pm
Gallant calls on internal Likud tribunal to reject bid to boot him from party
Dozens of central committee members, Likud legal adviser accuse former defense minister of assisting their political opponents, demand he be removed from faction’s rolls
By Sam Sokol
This undated handout image released by the Hamas Media Office on January 30, 2025, shows the slain Hamas terror leader Mohammed Deif. (Hamas Media Office / AFP)
February 26, 2025, 10:41 pm
ICC cancels warrant for Hamas military leader Deif, weeks after group confirms death
Court says ‘sufficient and reliable information’ that Muhammad Deif was killed last July, will reissue warrant ‘should information become available that Mr. Deif is still alive’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Mossad chief David Barnea speaks at the INSS International Conference, February 26, 2025 (INSS)
February 26, 2025, 3:14 am
Mossad chief backs Netanyahu over decision to hold off on Lebanon offensive
David Barnea denies former defense minister Yoav Gallant’s claim that beeper and walkie-talkie attack could have taken out thousands of Hezbollah fighters days after October 7
By Lazar Berman
Former defense minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Yonit Levi and Amit Segal of Channel 12 news in an interview broadcast on February 6, 2024. (Channel 12 screen capture; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 7, 2025, 3:47 am
Gallant: ‘Israel’s greatest missed opportunity’ was not attacking Hezbollah in Oct. 2023
Fired defense minister accuses Netanyahu of being overly hesitant to use force in Gaza and Lebanon; also says Israel could have returned ‘more hostages, earlier, at a lower cost’
By ToI Staff
Former Likud MK Yoav Gallant in the Knesset, December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 6, 2025, 5:02 pm
Likud legal adviser calls for expelling Gallant, barring him from party primaries
‘We wish Gallant success in the left-wing bloc,’ Likud says after former defense minister criticizes the government in his first interview since resigning from the Knesset
By Sam Sokol
MK Yoav Gallant in the corridors of the Knesset on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 5, 2025, 12:59 pm
Gallant says government ‘didn’t do everything it could to bring back the hostages’
In first interview since being sacked, ex-defense minister insists deal could have been struck over the summer if not for Smotrich, Ben Gvir
By ToI Staff
Exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
January 24, 2025, 10:10 pm
ICC bracing for possible US sanctions over arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
After House approves sanctions bill, source says the court is backing up digital files over fears that Microsoft could stop working with it, and paying salaries 3 months in advance
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant conducts a daily security situation assessment with senior security officials, including IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (R), October 26, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
January 23, 2025, 7:57 pm
IDF didn’t act on alerts of Hamas aerial activity hours before Oct. 7 attack — report
Separate report quotes top security officials saying in lead-up to Oct. 7 that the terror group was deterred, wanted a long-term settlement, and ripe for concessions from Israel
By ToI Staff
An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong)
January 23, 2025, 4:48 pm
ICC’s governing body says it ‘regrets’ US steps to sanction court over Gaza warrants
US House of Representatives voted to sanction International Criminal Court over its moves against Netanyahu, Gallant; US President Trump opened door via executive order to do so
By Agencies and ToI Staff
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan at the Cour d'Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on February 7, 2024. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
January 18, 2025, 5:18 pm
ICC prosecutor sees ‘no real effort’ by Israel to probe alleged Gaza war crimes
Karim Khan say Israel has very good legal expertise, but ‘the question is have those legal instruments been used to properly scrutinize allegations’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Young Israelis arrive at the IDF Military Induction Center in Tel Hashomer, April 18, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 4:59 pm
AG says Haredi draft bill can’t ignore fundamentally changed reality after October 7
Gali Baharav-Miara tells defense minister legislation must include sanctions against draft dodgers, and must be submitted to her office for legal review
By ToI Staff
MK Yoav Gallant in the corridors of the Knesset on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 2: Day 454 – Gallant leaves the Knesset, but will he return?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses reasons for former defense minister Yoav Gallant’s Knesset resignation, stalled hostage talks and PA’s closure of Al Jazeera in the West Bank
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Former defense minister MK Yoav Gallant announces his resignation from the Knesset on January 1, 2025. (Screencapture/ X)
January 1, 2025, 11:41 pm
Gallant resigns from Knesset, denounces imminent bill to exempt Haredim from IDF
Former defense minister vows to remain in Likud party, indicates he could attempt a leadership run in the future, saying his ‘journey is not yet complete’
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with military and security officials on September 19, 2024. (Shira Keinan/Defense Ministry)
December 19, 2024, 11:55 am
Gallant’s daughter was first to notify him of unfolding Oct. 7 assault, wife says
Ex-defense minister’s spouse recalls not seeing him for months after deadly Hamas invasion, says he visits more hostage families now that he’s gone back to being just an MK
By ToI Staff
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