Yesh Atid says Lapid condemned drone attack on PM’s residence in radio interview, slams Likud for ‘lying’

By Sam Sokol 20 October 2024, 11:58 am

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Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting in Tel Aviv, October 14, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Following Likud’s statement slamming Opposition Leader Yair Lapid for failing to condemn Saturday’s attempted drone strike on the prime minister’s residence in Caesarea, Lapid’s Yesh Atid party hits back, noting that he condemned the attack this morning during a radio interview.

“Today at 7:21 am, Opposition Leader Lapid was interviewed on Reshet Bet [and] condemned the attack on the Prime Minister’s house and said that it should be responded to harshly, but the Likud, as usual, even during a national emergency, does not stop presenting itself as a victim, lying, dividing and inciting. It’s a disgrace,” the party tweets.

The attack was “very serious and we will not stand by when they try to eliminate Israel’s leadership,” Lapid told the network.

In a statement this morning, a Likud spokesman stated that “more than 24 hours have passed since the Iranian assassination attempt on the prime minister of Israel, and the heads of the opposition, Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz, have not published a single word of condemnation against our enemies.”