Avi Ohayon · CC BY-SA 3.0

Yoav Gallant rose through the Israeli Navy before entering politics, eventually serving as defense minister from 2022 to 2024 and overseeing the military during the war in Gaza. Netanyahu dismissed him in November 2024; weeks later the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him, alongside Netanyahu and Hamas leaders, over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during that war.