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Lapid: Netanyahu proposing ‘more dead hostages,’ funds for far-right ministers’ ‘delusions’
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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he clarifies his strategic vision for the war in Gaza in statements published by CNN-News18, an Indian English-language news outlet.
“What Netanyahu is proposing is another war, more dead hostages, more [fallen soldiers] and tens of billions of shekels of taxpayer money that will be poured into the delusions of [National Security Minister] Itamar Ben Gvir and [Finance Minister Bezalel] Smotrich,” Lapid says in a statement.
Addressing international concerns, Netanyahu emphasized that Israel “will not annex Gaza” and plans to transfer control of the territory to an unspecified “transitional governing body.”
Israel’s security cabinet is scheduled to meet later today for a key discussion on whether to move forward with a full-scale military occupation of the Gaza Strip.
The Times of Israel Community.