Opposition MKs say drone attack on Tel Aviv is proof of government’s failures

Opposition leader Yair Lapid says that the deadly overnight drone attack on Tel Aviv “is further proof that this government doesn’t know how and isn’t able to provide the citizens of Israel with security.”

Lapid adds that anyone who “loses deterrence in the north and the south, loses it also in the heart of Tel Aviv.” The opposition leader accuses the government of having “no policy, no plan — everything is public relations and discussions about themselves.”

After an election, Lapid says, “We will know how to establish a functioning and efficient government that will restore security and strength to Israel.”

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman tweets that “those who don’t prevent missiles on Kiryat Shmona and Eilat should not be surprised when they get them in Tel Aviv,” calling the drone strike a “direct result of the policy of containment and surrender” led by the current government, “which refuses to wake up from the events of October 7.”

New Hope party leader Gideon Sa’ar says the event in Tel Aviv was a “serious malfunction that had a painful price,” and that the key to regional quiet “is and remains the defeat of Hamas in Gaza.”

Yair Golan, the leader of the combined Labor-Meretz list, says the drone attack shows a “complete failure” of the government and says Israel “needs elections now” to ensure security for the residents of Israel.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who has been at odds with the government in recent months while demanding a greater say, says that “when you accept rocket fire at Kiryat Shmona and Sderot, you get rocket fire on Tel Aviv… We can and must change the preconception,” he says. “This is exactly why I insist on being at the table making policy for Israel.”