Netanyahu apologized for the terrorist attack on October 7

“May I be excused? Undoubtedly, of course. I am very sorry that something like this happened,” Netanyahu responded accordingly of Time magazine when asked if he will apologize for the attack. “And you keep coming back to it and thinking, could we do something to prevent it?” said the Israeli Prime Minister.

The opposition criticizes Netanyahu and his government for failing to stop the attack, one of the worst since Israel was founded in 1948. It is calling for a commission of inquiry to be established to investigate make progress before and after the Hamas attack.

Netanyahu rejects this, saying that wartime is not the right time for this. “I said there will be an independent commission after the war to investigate what happened before (the attack),” Netanyahu said, adding that he is ready to answer even difficult questions.

It will not be easy for Netanyahu, who is seventy-four years old, who is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the State of Israel. For almost seventeen years, which he has spent with short vacations in the chair of the prime minister, he has suffered until now with one consistent argument that he is the only leader who can ensure security Jewish state. But that no longer applies to most Israelis.

However, the prime minister said he wants to stay as long as it benefits Israel’s security and prosperity. According to him, Israel is waging the current war not only against Hamas, but against the “Iranian axis”, by which he means Tehran and its allies in the region. , such as the Yemeni Houthi rebels or the Lebanese Hezbollah movement.

Netanyahu also emphasized that the Gaza Strip should be governed by a civilian administration with the help of Arab countries in the future. According to him, the aim of the Israeli military operation is to destroy the Hamas movement and demilitarize the area.

The war has been going on since last October, and nearly 40,000 Gazans have been killed since then, according to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority does not distinguish between dead civilians and terrorists. According to Netanyahu, Israeli military estimates put half of the dead as civilians, which he says is very low because the fighting is taking place in cities.