A number of writers in Israel accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of trying to thwart the crystallized prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, by issuing threats to liquidate the movement’s leaders, specifically abroad.

Writer Orly Bar-Lev pointed out that Netanyahu threatened the chances of reaching a deal after he announced in the press conference he held last night, along with Gallant and Minister Benny Gantz, that he had assigned the head of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, David Barnea, to work on liquidating the leaders of the Hamas movement everywhere. In the world.

In a post on the X platform, Bar-Lev wrote that Netanyahu’s boast about revealing the instructions he issued to Barnea “indicates one of two things: either the logic that guides him in making decisions is disturbed, or he took this step considering that it serves his personal interests.”

She stressed that regardless of the reasons behind this behavior, it indicates that Netanyahu "is not qualified to make decisions and must not be allowed to continue managing the battle."

Yossi Melman, an intelligence affairs commentator in Haaretz newspaper, wondered about the justifications that prompted Netanyahu and Gallant to issue threats to liquidate Hamas leaders abroad 12 hours before the date that was decided to implement the ceasefire and liberate the prisoners.

In a post on the X platform, Melman accused both Netanyahu and Gallant of trying to thwart the prisoner exchange deal.

Writer Rami Edlist particularly attacked Gallant, who said that the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and the movement’s leader abroad, Khaled Meshal, “are living in a time out,” in reference to Israel’s intention to liquidate them.

In a post on “X”, IdList said that Gallant and Netanyahu are threatening the lives of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas through these threats.

For his part, the writer On Ozel deplored, in a post on the X platform, that Netanyahu revealed that he assigned the head of the Mossad to liquidate Hamas leaders while Barnea and Hamas leaders were in Qatar with the aim of making contacts to complete a prisoner exchange deal.

As for writer Dan Adin, he considered Netanyahu’s threats to liquidate Hamas leaders before completing the exchange deal as evidence that he “represents a danger to Israel... he is simply a clear and immediate danger to the security of the state,” as he stated in his post on “X.”

He added: "Israel needs a patient leadership driven by sound logic that thinks about the interests of the state, and whose members do not compete with each other to see who appears more manly in front of the crowd of supporters."

Source: Aljazeera.Net