Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of fabricating a claim he acted alone on Rafah, stating the entire security cabinet voted unanimously to capture the city. Eisenkot made the remarks at the Herzliya Conference, as a domestic political clash escalates over the government's wartime decision-making narrative.
At the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University on Wednesday afternoon, former IDF Chief of Staff and National Unity Party MK Gadi Eisenkot directly challenged Prime Minister Netanyahu's account of the Rafah operation. According to Eisenkot, Netanyahu is now claiming he acted alone on the Rafah offensive — an assertion Eisenkot calls a lie. He stated that he personally brought the Rafah plan to a vote in the security cabinet, and that all members voted unanimously to capture the city. The remarks come after earlier reports from the same conference (as The Zioneer reported at 11:12 and 11:21) in which Eisenkot and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett separately accused Netanyahu of inventing the Iran nuclear threat. The widening public dispute reflects deepening divisions within the Israeli political-security establishment over the government's wartime narrative and decision-making process. Eisenkot did not provide new evidence for his claim, and Netanyahu's office has not yet responded. The exchange is part of an ongoing domestic political clash, with both sides trading accusations over historical accounts of key military decisions.
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