Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Yair Golan, considered that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was lying by saying that the entire Hamas leadership could be killed, and all the Israeli hostages could be rescued at the same time.

Golan, a member of the Knesset from the Meretz party, stressed that “the government must return the hostages first and then hope only later to reach Hamas,” considering that “the key is to prevent Hamas from returning to control Gaza.”

He also accused Netanyahu's policy of weakening the Palestinian Authority and stabilizing Hamas in 2009 as one of the main sources that led to the failure to stop the Hamas attack on October 7, pointing out that in 2009 in particular, the Palestinian Authority It works better from a security standpoint with Israel, while Hamas was at its lowest point after Operation Cast Lead.

He believed that “Netanyahu worked to change the balance of power because a weaker Palestinian Authority would allow the construction of more settlements.”

Source: "Jerusalem Post"