During the contentious cabinet meeting last night on the next stage in the war in Gaza, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir blasted the assembled ministers for insisting on the military defeat of Hamas now after not doing so for the previous 22 months of war, Channel 13 reports.
“Good morning,” he reportedly said sarcastically. “You are the cabinet of October 7. Now you remember to talk about the defeat of Hamas. Where were you on the 7th? The 8th? The 9th? Now you remember, after two years.”
“When I moved into this position, Gaza was not defeated,” Zamir continued, according to the report. “Today, 70 percent of Gaza is defeated.”
Zamir and other security chiefs oppose plans to conquer Gaza City militarily, arguing instead for a staged hostage release deal and ceasefire.
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