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Netanyahu’s office slams ‘submissive’ Gantz’s allegations that PM is ‘sabotaging’ hostage deal talks
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office slams National Unity chairman Benny Gantz after the former war cabinet minister accuses the premier of “sabotaging” hostage deal negotiations with Hamas.
“The submissive Gantz, who requested an end to the war even before entering Rafah, cannot preach to Prime Minister Netanyahu about the need to eliminate Hamas and the sacred mission of returning our hostages,” the PMO says in a statement.
“It is no coincidence that since Gantz left the government for political reasons, the prime minister has struck a fatal blow to Hamas, crushed Hezbollah, and taken direct action against Iran, moves that led to the fall of the Assad regime in Syria,” the PMO continues, adding that “those who are not helping the national effort should at least do no harm.”
In a statement earlier today, Gantz warned Netanyahu that he did “not have a mandate to thwart the return of our hostages again for political reasons.”
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