Following the interview last night (Monday) in which the Director General of the Prime Minister's Office, Yossi Shelly, said that "the party contributed to the chaos on Saturday," Shelly is now issuing a clarification statement.
Yossi Shelly: "There was the party that contributed to all the chaos, I don't blame,"
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— Adi Messika (@adimessika) October 9, 2023
"I apologize for the serious remark and wish to clarify his remarks: "Under no circumstances did I mean that the people who spent time contributed to the outcome of this tragic event. The young people who celebrated, among them my beloved cousin Laurie, who was murdered, celebrated as the people of Israel should do on the holiday. My remarks referred to criticism of the length of time it takes to identify the bodies of the murdered and the difficulty in identifying them."
"Because of the large number of murdered, the difficulty in reaching the bodies in the midst of fighting, the long time required to collect the bodies, and the complex identification process due to their condition – it is necessary to establish a dedicated system, recruit many professionals and pass a government decision that will enable identification through a biometric database. These are all actions that take time and have led to a lengthy identification process."
Shelley added: "If I expressed myself insensitively or misunderstood, I apologize from the bottom of my heart."
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