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Friday, September 20, 2024
Slamming Netanyahu, Lapid asks if he knows what the goals of the war are
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid criticizes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the premier said Israel’s “goals are clear, our actions speak for themselves” in remarks following the IDF’s killing of top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil in an airstrike in Beirut.
“Netanyahu, what are the goals?” Lapid writes on X. “It’s already been eleven months of lawlessness in the south and the north. And the most important goal of all — bringing home the 101 hostages. What about that?”
“Only after operational successes do you run to the media,” Lapid charges. “You are responsible for the greatest disaster in the country’s history, this is your legacy.”