From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Sa’ar: Israel’s enemies must not be allowed to conduct a long-term war of attrition
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Former security cabinet member Gideon Sa’ar congratulates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel’s security forces for the “successful planning and execution of the assassinations” of Hamas’s Muhammad Deif and Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr, “each of whom was a bitter and dangerous enemy of Israel who was responsible for the murder of many Israelis.”
“The campaign imposed on us by the axis of destruction led by Iran must be continued determinedly and proactively,” says Sa’ar, arguing that Israel’s enemies must not be allowed” to “conduct a long-term war of attrition against Israel.”
Sa’ar, a former senior Likud lawmaker, pulled his nationalist New Hope party out of the coalition in March after Netanyahu declined to add him to the now-defunct war cabinet. He has repeatedly accused Netanyahu of failing to prosecute the war against Hamas aggressively enough.
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