Netanyahu willing to sacrifice prisoners, Israel’s former military chief says

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Former chief of staff of the Israeli military Moshe Ya’alon issued a stinging rebuke of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he is ready to “sacrifice” the Israeli prisoners to appease far-right members of his cabinet that oppose a ceasefire.

Ya’alon singled out Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in his comments carried by Israeli Army Radio, accusing them of pushing to displace Palestinians during the war, Al Jazeera reported.

Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, who recently said it might be “justified and moral” to starve Gaza’s entire population to free Israel’s prisoners, have repeatedly threatened to abandon him and dismantle the government if he moves ahead with a ceasefire.

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