Gallant was popular for his stance on security and hostage release. Israelis demonstrate after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, citing lack of ... Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant acknowledged ordering the occupation army to use the Hannibal Protocol, meaning to kill the Israeli captives held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Yoav Gallant had emerged as one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiercest and most public critics over his approach to the war in Gaza and the failure to reach a hostage deal with Hamas. Yoav Gallant (Hebrew: יוֹאָב גָּלַנְט, romanized: Yo'av Galant; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and former military officer who served as minister of defense between 2022 and 2024.
