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Zamir reported to tell MKs army in dark about what comes after Gaza City takeover
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. 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"
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir told lawmakers on the Knesset Subcommittee for Intelligence and Secret Services that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left the military in the dark regarding the next stages of the war following the current operation aimed at conquering Gaza City, according to reported comments leaked to the Ynet news site.
“The prime minister is not telling us what comes next, we don’t know what to prepare for,” Zamir is quoted telling the subcommittee’s members during a closed-door briefing on Friday, echoing comments he is reported to have made in cabinet meetings as well. “If they want a military government, then they should say military government.”
Ynet reports that Zamir also called efforts by the the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s to provide humanitarian aid in Gaza a “failure.”
According to Channel 12, Zamir informed senior Israeli leaders ahead of the launch of the upcoming operation that the military was “committed to the goals of the war as defined by the cabinet but Hamas will not be defeated militarily and politically even after the operation to capture Gaza City.”
During a cabinet meeting earlier this month, Zamir reportedly warned that the plan to conquer Gaza City would drag Israel into a full-fledged military occupation of the Strip.
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