Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz has significantly scaled back his public campaign to remove Maj.
Avi Bluth, the head of the IDF Central Command and the army’s top officer in the West Bank.
On Monday, Katz stated that Bluth is "performing his duties well," a direct reversal of his earlier stance that had sparked a high-profile leadership dispute.
The minister’s change of tone follows a contentious period in which Katz publicly announced his intention to replace Bluth with Maj.
Dado Bar Kalifa, currently the head of the IDF Manpower Directorate.
The initial announcement, made on live television, framed the move as a necessary adjustment to command structures in the region.