Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday urged defense officials to help calm tensions within Israeli society.
"As those who chose to dedicate their lives to the security of the state, we have a duty to deescalate tensions in Israeli society and maintain a unifying discourse," he said at a Passover toast at the Shin Bet headquarters.
"We are in a complex security period, Iran is waging a war of attrition against Israel and at the same time advancing its plans to obtain military nuclear weapons. In each of the arenas, there is a potential that can set the region on fire and ignite other arenas along with it."
Gallant refrained from explicitly referring to his dismissal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has yet to come into effect.
(Yoav Zitun)