In speech at memorial ceremony for fallen son, Eisenkot pans government’s handling of the war

National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law, Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law, Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Speaking at a memorial ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of his son Gal’s killing in Gaza, Gadi Eisenkot criticizes the government’s handling of the war in Gaza.

“To be worthy [of the sacrifices of the fallen] is to win and realize the goals of the war. To be worthy is to make the courageous and very difficult decision to return the hostages,” says Eisenkot, who has also lost two nephews who were killed fighting in Gaza.

“To be worthy is to establish a state commission of inquiry and renew the people’s trust. To be worthy is to bring broad segments of Israeli society to enlist in the army or national service,” he says in a slight at the government’s effort to exempt Haredi men from military service.

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