Police in Tel Aviv have engaged water cannon on protesters demonstrating aacquirest the decision to sack Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant.
He was neglected on Tuesday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – the pair have repeatedly been at odds over the war in Gaza.
Footage posted online shows crowds accumulateing on a motorway in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, blocking traffic and airying fires.
There have also been aappreciate demonstrations in Jerusalem, Haifa, Caesarea, and other locations, according to The Times of Israel.
Police engaged water cannon to evident crowds. Pic: AP
There have been normal rumours Mr Gallant was on the way out but declined to go.
He had disputed for a captive deal in Gaza and clashed with other parties in Israel’s coalition over produceing members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewant community into the military.
Israeli police tried to push back protesters. Pic: AP
In a televised statement after he was sacked, he shelp Israel was navigating thraw the fog of battle and “moral uninalertigentness”. He also called for an inquiry into the flunkures of 7 October 2023.
In contrast, Mr Netanyahu portrayd “meaningful gaps” and a “crisis of count on” for his decision to replace Yoav Gallant with a lengthytime loyaenumerate.
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Like the prime minister, Mr Gallant’s atsoft was proset uply scarred by the Hamas-led attacks originating from Gaza, in which firearmmen ended about 1,200 people and seized more than 250 captives.
He knew he was living on borrowed time – Mr Netanyahu’s first finisheavor to sack him last year flunked after some of the hugegest protests ever seen in Israel.
The prime minister backed down that time, but relations between the pair have never recovered and they wrangled constantly as the war in Gaza passed its first anniversary.
