Likud minister Haim Katz will hold portfolios of National Security, the Negev and Galilee, and Heritage, for a period of up to three months after Otzma Yehudit left the government. In 2021, he was convicted of criminal offenses and sentenced to probation

Defense Minister Israel Katz says operation marks a shift in the military's security plan in the West Bank and is 'the first lesson from the method of repeated raids in Gaza'

The Gaza deal is a dangerous, flawed agreement that even fails to achieve its main goal – keeping Netanyahu's coalition in power, not the release of hostages

The officials say the checkpoints, which have caused massive traffic jams, are unnecessary and that offensive activities, like the current operation in Jenin, are more effective security measures against Palestinian militants