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The former head of the Amman, Major General Amos Malka, today (Wednesday) sharply criticized the government and its leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, and in an interview on 103fm described their conduct in the war as "horrific".
"There is a prime minister who instead of being strong against Hamas and against his ministers is coward.
He is afraid to face the elements within his coalition who are doing things that on other days he would not
have allowed them to happen, he would have silenced all his ministers who come out with conspiracy theories and attack the Chief of Staff |\ Malka said. "We have a government conduct in a war in a horrible way."
The matter was the statement of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who said yesterday that the return of the abductees is "not the most important thing right now," in his words. and do whatever they want, that they simply hold the government in their hands," Malka said about this. "Smotrich said a week or two ago that he hoped that Sinvar would freeze to death in the tunnels, and he must have understood that he meant that the abductees with him would also freeze to death in the tunnels, and he says that we will engage In the hostages only after Mitut Hamas.
This is the same one who said to wipe out Hawara, that Hamas is an asset and that Netanyahu is a liar, and the same one who published his strategic document under the title 'We do not recruit'.
His partner in holding the government in sensitive places is Ben Gvir, who is doing a digital campaign to hundreds of thousands against the kidnapping deal."
Major General Amos Malka/Reuven Castro
In his words, Malka also referred to the intelligence and military failures that preceded October 7, and to the conduct of the IDF since the outbreak of the Iron Swords War. "I think I understand the deep failure of the intelligence, not only of the intelligence, but also of the operational system and the political echelon.
I think there is a connection between one and the other.
Neither the operational preparation, nor the conception, nor the intelligence assumed that this was a reference scenario.
If this was a reference scenario, the preparation for the defense in the envelope would look different.
We see that even though the same intelligence failed to warn, the Shin Bet and Amn together provided four strategic warnings in 2023, one of which was echoed by the defense minister who was almost fired afterwards.
"Nothing has been done except to try to fire the Minister of Defense," said Malka.
"The IDF has been doing its job in an excellent manner since October 7th," the former head of the Israeli Defense Forces claimed. , the day after is already two months ago.
Regarding Rafih, I would try to reach an agreement with the Egyptians, because doing so contrary to the Egyptians could be a problem.
You can reach an agreement with them.
The failure to enter Rafah is not a result of the army dragging its feet, but because the political level did not make such a decision.
If the goal of the war does not change, they will have to be in Rafah to make sure that the Hamas leadership does not continue to function, and above all to make sure that they are trying to do everything to reach the hostages or to increase the pressure.
I think it must be a Palestinian entity [governing Gaza after the war], a military government would be a strategic mistake and political stupidity, I think there is more than one alternative.
If there was a government without the constraints I mentioned, it would discuss several alternatives.
The problem is that this discussion is not taking place."
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