Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office accused Defence Minister Yoav Gallant of adopting an “anti-Israel narrative” in a damning statement released on Monday.
Earlier, during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee session in Israel’s parliament, Gallant was asked why Israel had not yet initiated a broader war with Lebanon.
He responded that the “conditions today for war in Lebanon are unlike those at the beginning of the war”, referring to the situation following the 7 October Hamas-led attack and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza.
“I hear all the heroes with the war drums, the ‘absolute victory’ and this nonsense,” Gallant added.
“Absolute victory” is a war slogan often used by Netanyahu and right-wing Israelis, implying the total destruction of Hamas in Gaza. …..more