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Bennett: Netanyahu failed to deliver decisive victory, ‘only more rounds of conflict’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war, accusing his political opponent of failing to secure a victory against Israel’s enemies.
“Here on the northern border, I met with hundreds of residents, and the truth must be told, Hezbollah recovered before Kiryat Shmona did, and Hamas recovered before Nir Oz did. We needed a decisive victory, but the government did not deliver one, only more rounds of conflict,” Bennett says, following a tour of the region.
“With God’s help, we will soon fix this,” he pledges.
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