In a legal reform dispute, Israel's defence minister was sacked.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has been sacked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after calling for the scrapping of controversial plans to overhaul the justice system. Mr Netanyahu summoned Mr Gallant to a meeting and told him he no longer had faith in him as defence minister. The plan to limit the powers of the judiciary has led to months of public protests. Mr Gallant had won the backing of some fellow members of Mr Netanyahu's Likud party, but others on the far right had called for him to go. Protests against the changes to the legal system continued on Sunday night, with demonstrators blocking a major road in Tel Aviv.

Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid described Mr Gallant's sacking as "a new low" for the government. Former defence minister Benny Gantz praised Mr Gallant, who he said had put the security of the country above all interests.