Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized on Sunday morning for a statement on Saturday night attacking the defense forces, especially intelligence.
טעיתי. ×“×‘×¨×™× ×©×מרתי בעקבות מסיבת ×”×¢×™×ª×•× ××™× ×œ× ×”×™×• ×¦×¨×™×›×™× ×œ×”×™×מר ו×× ×™ ×ž×ª× ×¦×œ על כך. ×× ×™ × ×•×ª×Ÿ גיבוי ×ž×œ× ×œ×›×œ ר×שי זרועות הביטחון. ×× ×™ מחזק ×ת הרמטכ״ל ו×ת מפקדי וחיילי צה״ל ×©× ×ž×¦××™× ×‘×—×–×™×ª ×•× ×œ×—×ž×™× ×¢×œ הבית. יחד × × ×¦×—.
— Benjamin Netanyahu – ×‘× ×™×ž×™×Ÿ × ×ª× ×™×”×• (@netanyahu) October 29, 2023
The tweet was posted after Netanyahu refused to explicitly admit that he bears some responsibility for October 7 when pressed during a press conference, where he merely said that everyone would have to give the public answers, including him.
הבוקר ×”×–×” במיוחד ×× ×™ מבקש לגבות ולחזק ×ת כל גורמי הביטחון וחיילי צה”ל – כולל הרמטכ״ל, ר×ש ×מ”ן ור×ש השב”×›. כש×× ×—× ×• × ×ž×¦××™× ×‘×ž×œ×—×ž×”, ×ž× ×”×™×’×•×ª צריכה לגלות ×חריות, להחליט לעשות ×ת ×”×“×‘×¨×™× ×”× ×›×•× ×™× ×•×œ×—×–×§ ×ת הכוחות ב×ופן ×©×”× ×™×•×›×œ×• לממש ×ת ש×× ×—× ×• ×“×•×¨×©×™× ×ž×”×. כל פעולה ×ו ×מירה ×חרת – פוגעות…
— ×‘× ×™ ×’× ×¥ – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) October 29, 2023
Later, he tweeted in a post that blamed the defense and intelligence officials before deleting it on Sunday morning shortly before his apology.
“At no point, was a warning given to Prime Minister Netanyahu on Hamas’s intention to start a war,” he wrote. “On the contrary, all the defense officials, including the heads of the Intelligence Directorate and the Shin Bet [Israel Security Service], assessed that Hamas was deterred. This was the assessment submitted time after time to the prime minister and the cabinet by all the entities in the defense and the intelligence community right up until the war broke out.”
