National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stated that former IDF Chief of Staff and current Knesset member Gadi Eisenkot prevented the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, citing what Ben-Gvir described as 'moral' considerations. Ben-Gvir claimed that the same approach left Nasrallah alive.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir accused former IDF Chief of Staff and current Knesset member Gadi Eisenkot of preventing the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, according to a statement posted on social media. Ben-Gvir claimed that Eisenkot blocked the operation due to what he described as 'moral' considerations, adding that the same approach allowed Nasrallah to survive. The statement by Ben-Gvir, a senior coalition member from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, targets Eisenkot, a former chief of staff and a member of the centrist National Unity party. The 2006 war ended with a UN-brokered ceasefire but without the elimination of Nasrallah, a fact that remains a point of contention in Israeli political discourse. The statement did not include supporting evidence.
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