Egyptian-devised $53bn proposal follows outrage at US president’s suggestion to force Palestinians to relocate from territoryIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told new military chief Lt Gen Eyal Zamir on Wednesday that Israel is “determined” to achieve victory in the multi-front war that began with Hamas’s October 2023 attack, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).“A very heavy responsibility rests on your shoulders, the results of the war will have significance for generations, we are determined to achieve … victory” Netanyahu told Zamir during his inauguration at the military’s headquarters in the commercial hub of Tel Aviv.The investigation revealed that if the Shin Bet had acted differently, in the years leading up to the attack and during the night of the attack – both at the professional level and the managerial level – the massacre would have been avoided. This is not the standard we expected of ourselves, or that the public expected of us.The investigation shows that the Shin Bet didn’t underestimate our rival – on the contrary, it took the initiative, went on the offensive and tried to nip the threat in the bud – but despite all this, we failed.” Continue reading...
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