Bennett: Netanyahu not using Gaza for political ends, Hamas responsible for violence

In an interview with US network MSNBC, Yamina head Naftali Bennett says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not using the fighting in Gaza for his own political ends.

When asked directly about the claim that the premier was using the situation to shore up political support, Bennett says: “No. I think the fundamental problem here is that Hamas wants to destroy [Israel].” He then reads sections of the Hamas charter aloud.

He is not pushed further on the matter of Netanyahu.

Sources in the Likud party told the Ma’ariv newspaper earlier that there are concerns in the party that Netanyahu is extending the fighting in Gaza because Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid currently holds the mandate to form the next government.