RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s defense minister said Thursday it will take “more than several months” to destroy Hamas, predicting a drawn-out war even as his country and its top ally, the ...

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells troops in Rafah that bringing the hostages home is the most important current mission in the Gaza Strip. “Your obligation is to create military pressure. Our ...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke at the IDF's Southern Command on Monday and announced, "I have given an order - Gaza will be under complete closure. We are fighting barbaric ...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday his country was cutting off all supplies to the Gaza Strip as part of a “siege” on the Palestinian territory, two days after the militant ...

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says Israel’s “center of gravity” is gradually moving away from the Gaza Strip to the northern front, as the country readies for a major escalation with Lebanon ...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he had ordered a total siege of the Gaza Strip, cutting off food, fuel and electricity to the more than two million Palestinians living in the enclave.

Former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that "a military government in Gaza is not part of the goals of the war, but a dangerous and irresponsible political act" in a post on Twitter/X on Friday.

Far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet slam Yoav Gallant after the former defense minister warns that taking responsibility for the distribution of humanitarian aid in ...

GAZA STRIP, — Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant officially stepped down Friday in a ceremony that replaced him with Israel Katz, the former foreign minister, after Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant toured Rafah and the Philadelphi corridor in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Israeli media reported. Gallant spoke to IDF soldiers operating in the area, telling them ...

Israel’s defense minister’s order to place a “complete siege” on the Gaza Strip came on top of a 16-year blockade that Israel, often along with Egypt, has imposed on the coastal territory.