Netanyahu reinstates defense minister amid security concerns and protests.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed his decision to sack Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing the escalating security crisis in Israel as the reason for the change in tack. Tensions have mounted in Israel in recent weeks, with Hamas firing rockets from Lebanon into Israel, and Israeli forces killing a Palestinian 15-year-old and wounding two other people in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Netanyahu pledged to "restore calm and security" in Israel and vowed not to allow Hamas to establish itself in Lebanon.