Hamas Israel Conflict….Day 395…Netanyahu Firing his Defense Minister has people upset…..

The men had repeatedly clashed over domestic issues as well as the conduct of the war. Mr. Gallant, a popular and experienced former general, was pushing for a cease-fire deal in Gaza that would secure the release of hostages held there. His firing removed the main proponent in the Israeli government for such an agreement.

But it quickly prompted accusations that Mr. Netanyahu was prioritizing personal goals over national ones by trying to appease the right wing of his coalition. Centrist columnists described it as an attack on democracy, and protesters blocked traffic and lit bonfires on a major Tel Aviv highway overnight.

Yair Lapid, a rival of Mr. Netanyahu, told a news conference on Wednesday that Gallant’s firing was “not normal.”

“There is no one left in the government,” he added. “The prime minister cannot be trusted, the cabinet cannot be trusted, the last person who could be trusted in this crazy government was fired yesterday.”

Mr. Netanyahu opted to replace Mr. Gallant with Israel Katz — a staunch ally who was serving as foreign minister and is viewed as unlikely to criticize or push back against his hard-line approach to cease-fire discussions. Unlike Mr. Gallant, a popular and experienced former general, Mr. Katz has never held a top military position.

Here’s what else to know:

• U.S. election: Israel’s right-wing government celebrated Donald J. Trump’s victory effusively. Even before the race was officially called, Mr. Netanyahu spoke of “true friendship” in congratulating Mr. Trump on a “huge victory.” The sentiment reflects Mr. Trump’s record of strong support for Israel, even when that meant reversing decades of American policy. The results of the U.S. election could have major implications on the approach to the war in the Middle East.

• Hezbollah rockets: The Israeli military said that Hezbollah had fired around 120 “projectiles” into Israel on Wednesday, the date marking the end of the formal grieving period in Islam for Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader. Mr. Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli airstrike in September.

• Evacuation warnings: As Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem, commemorated Mr. Nasrallah in a televised address, Israel’s military issued new evacuation warnings for buildings in the Dahiya, the area near Beirut where Mr. Nasrallah was killed. About an hour later, a deafening explosion was heard throughout Beirut and smoke was seen rising above the Dahiya.

• Syria strikes: Israel appears to be intensifying its focus on Syria. The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that it had struck targets in Syria for the second day in a row, attacks it said were aimed at cutting off the flow of weapons and intelligence between Hezbollah, the armed Lebanese group, and its sponsor, Iran. The announcement was the third time in a week that Israel made the rare admission of attacking inside Syria…..

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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem claimed that Hezbollah would outlast Israel in a “war of attrition” in a speech on November 6