Gripped by panic ahead of the Likud primaries, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the West Bank commander's replacement live on pro-Netanyahu television, blindsiding the IDF and pushing army chief Eyal Zamir into a full-blown confrontation

Live updates | IDF: Defense minister dismissing Central Command head on live television 'not coordinated with IDF chief of staff'. Defense minister ousts IDF's West Bank chief…

Political uproar follows Katz’s move to name a replacement for Bluth before the Likud primary; the IDF says it has no plans to remove him, while Bennett warns of ‘total chaos’ and…