Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the Israeli leader announced Tuesday.

Netanyahu cited significant differences between their views on how to proceed in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as a lack of trust between the two. Netanyahu's office shared a letter written in Hebrew that was delivered to Gallant on Tuesday informing him of his removal.

“In recent months this trust between me and the Defense Minister has broken down. “Significant gaps were identified between myself and Gallant in the management of the military campaign, and these gaps were accompanied by statements and actions that contradicted the decisions of the Defense Government and the decisions of the Cabinet,” he said, according to a translation from Hebrew.

Netanyahu later announced that Minister Israel Katz would replace Gallant as defense minister.

“The security of the State of Israel has been and remains my life’s mission,” Gallant said in a statement Tuesday.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant from his position on Tuesday. (Reuters/Pool)

The move comes as Israel is embroiled in multiple conflicts, fighting Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon and delivering wide-ranging strikes with Iran.

Netanyahu warned Iran last week that Israel could target Tehran's nuclear program if the country carries out another attack on Israel.

“The ultimate goal that I have set for the IDF and the security services is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said during his speech at a course graduation ceremony for soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). “Stopping the nuclear program was and is our main concern.”

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“I have not lost sight of this goal, we have not and we will not lose sight of it,” he added.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a broadcast following the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Netanyahu's suggestion that Israel could target Iranian nuclear facilities next is consistent with other comments from the IDF, which vowed to expand its attack “capabilities” and target list should Iran launch another attack on the Jewish state.

The US – Israel's most important ally in the fight against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran – has repeatedly warned Jerusalem rejects attacks on Iran's energy infrastructureparticularly its nuclear and oil facilities, for fear that this could trigger an outright regional war.

Israeli forces monitor activities in the Gaza Strip. (IDF)

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Reports last week suggested Iran may wait until after the U.S. presidential election.

Fox News' Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.