Visiting the southern town of Ashkelon after residents spent much of the night in bomb shelters, Zionist Union chair Avi Gabbay slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “failing to restore calm” amid an escalation in rocket fire from Gaza.
“Netanyahu transferred millions of dollars to Hamas and we received rocket fire all over the south,” Gabbay charges, referring to the $15 million cash infusion to Gaza from Qatar that Israel permitted over the weekend.
Zionist Union chairman Avi Gabbay in Ashkelon, Tuesday, November 12, 2018. (Ra’anan Cohen)
Standing outside a house that was struck by a rocket overnight, Gabbay says the government lacks a “long-term plan” to end the conflict with Hamas.
“Transferring money to terrorists is not a plan,” he says. “The government is failing to restore calm.”
“The other possibility,” he adds, “is that quiet can be restored to the south.” He does not offer details on how that could be achieved.
— Raoul Wootliff
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