Yoav Gallant
 Yoav Gallant    (soldier, politician, war criminal) | |
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| Born | 8 November 1958 |
| Perpetrator of | 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War/Israeli invasion of Gaza |
Yoav Gallant is an Israeli politician and retired military general. A member of the Knesset for Likud, he has served as Minister of Defence since 2022.
Yoav Gallant is a former commander of the Southern Command in the Israel Defence Forces. In January 2015, he entered politics, joining the new Kulanu party.
After being elected to the Knesset, he was appointed Minister of Construction. At the end of 2018, he joined Likud. Gallant also previously held the posts of Minister of Aliyah and Integration and Minister of Education.[1]
ICC arrest warrant
On 20 May 2024, an arrest warrant for Yoav Gallant, as well as for other Israeli and Palestinian leaders, was requested by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine, on several counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Israel-Hamas war.[2]
An event carried out
| Event | Location | Description |
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| 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War/Israeli invasion of Gaza | Gaza | After October 7, Israel invaded Gaza with widespread international support. The IDF went on a widely reported revenge killing spree. Even by Israel's own account, they killed 19,500 Palestinian civilians after half a year of bombing hospitals, schools and civilian towers, utilising numerous condemned tactics. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:To continue the Gaza genocide, Israel and the US must destroy the laws of war | Article | 31 May 2024 | Jonathan Cook |
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