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Gallant: ‘This dramatic day could have changed the course of the war’
On Dan Senor’s ‘Call Me Back’ podcast, Gallant spoke about missed opportunities early in the war and his sometimes tense communication with former U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stand during an honor cordon at the Pentagon on June 25, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia.
For then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the horrific day of Oct. 7, 2023, ended with a phone call to his U.S. counterpart, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, to ask for the return of 50,000 shells that were taken from American...