Netanyahu tells Gantz, Eisenkot to pipe down, Israel doing great without them in war cabinet
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
In response to addresses by former war coalition member Benny Gantz and observer Gadi Eisenkot accusing him of getting in the way of a hostage deal and worrying about political survival more than Israel’s security, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the former IDF chiefs should butt out.
The statement lists Israel’s various achievements since National Unity pulled out of the government and the war cabinet in June, including the killings of shadowy Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, Hezbollah military head Fuad Shukr, a preemptive strike on Hezbollah rockets last month, a strike on Houthis in Yemen and the IDF’s capture of the Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border, which he terms “Hamas’s armament pipeline.”
“Whoever does not contribute to the victory and the return of our hostages, it would be best not to get in the way,” says the Prime Minister’s Office of his former political partners.
