Israeli soldiers refused to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who paid a visit to Hadassah Hospital in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday, according to what Israeli Channel 13 reported.

The channel reported that Netanyahu visited the rehabilitation department at Hadassah Hospital, in a visit aimed at meeting Israeli army soldiers who were injured in clashes and battles in Gaza, stressing that “some of them refused to meet him.”

The channel reported a tweet written by one of the injured soldiers lying in the hospital on the “X” website (formerly Twitter), in which he said: “I am in the hospital in the rehabilitation ward at Hadassah. Netanyahu is coming to visit tonight, and one of the female officials asked me if I wanted to come into my room."

The same soldier said: “Of course I refused,” adding: “It turned out that out of a ward containing 18 wounded (soldiers), 15 asked that he not enter them.”

He continued: "I am in Jerusalem, the Likud stronghold. The change is felt. (The time for that) has ended."

In response to the channel, Netanyahu's office said, "The absolute majority of the fighters are very much looking forward to meeting the Prime Minister."

It is noteworthy that a number of soldiers had refused to meet with Netanyahu during a visit the latter had made about a week ago to the Sheba Hospital - Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan. Channel 13 said that representatives of the Israeli army and Netanyahu's office had examined which soldiers would agree to meet with the Prime Minister, in order to gather them in one section "isolated" from the other sections.

Recent opinion polls, the most recent of which was a general poll whose results were published on the 18th of this month, showed that the “National Camp” bloc, headed by “War Cabinet” member Benny Gantz, won 37 seats, while the number of seats in the Likud Party led by Netanyahu decreased to 18 seats.