Prime Minister Netanyahu rebuked IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi during a meeting of the security cabinet, after a letter by Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar was discussed, according to Channel 12's Yaron Avraham. Netanyahu reportedly called the letter "a mistake, a national blunder, and embarrassing in front of Trump."
Channel 12's military correspondent Yaron Avraham reported Tuesday evening that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu berated IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi during a meeting of the inner security cabinet. The rebuke followed the circulation of a letter by Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar — a letter that sources present at the meeting said Bar intended as a gesture to encourage the aircrews amid operational tensions. According to Avraham, the episode was framed in the cabinet as reminiscent of past political-military friction, and Netanyahu explicitly told participants that the letter was "a mistake, a national blunder, and embarrassing in front of Trump." The letter and the cabinet dynamics come against the backdrop of weeks of reported tension between the Prime Minister and the defense establishment over the pace and scope of operations against Iran and Hezbollah, as earlier reported by The Zioneer. No official statement from the Prime Minister's Office or the IDF has been issued as of this bulletin. The correspondence between Bar and his forces remains undisclosed in its full text.
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