Gantz’s National Unity party says PM lying about war goal of returning northern residents to their homes
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. 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"
The National Unity party, led by former war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of lying, following a press conference in Jerusalem in which he told reporters that the return of the hostages was one of Israel’s core war aims.
“Netanyahu flatly lied today when he said that the return of the residents of the north is one of the goals of the war,” the party says in a statement. “Netanyahu repeatedly refused Gantz’s and [MK Gadi] Eisenkot’s demand to add it as a war goal — but even worse, a year into the war, he refuses to act to make it happen.”
