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A erstwhile adjacent adjutant to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that instantly pursuing the October 2023 Hamas onslaught that triggered Israel’s two-year warfare successful Gaza, the Israeli person instructed him to fig retired however the premier could evade work for the information breach.
Former Netanyahu spokesperson Eli Feldstein, who faces proceedings for allegedly leaking classified accusation to the press, made the explosive accusation during an extended interrogation with Israel’s Kan quality transmission Monday (December 22, 2025) night.
Critics person repeatedly accused Mr. Netanyahu of refusing to judge blasted for the deadliest onslaught successful Israel’s history. But small is known astir Mr. Netanyahu’s behaviour successful the days instantly pursuing the attack, portion the premier has consistently resisted an autarkic authorities inquiry.
Speaking to Kan, Mr. Feldstein said, “the archetypal task” helium received from Netanyahu aft October 7, 2023, was to stifle calls for accountability.
“He asked me, ‘What are they talking astir successful the news? Are they inactive talking astir responsibility?’” Mr. Feldstein said. “He wanted maine to deliberation of thing that could beryllium said that would offset the media tempest surrounding the question of whether the Prime Minister had taken work oregon not.”
He added that Mr. Netanyahu looked “panicked” erstwhile helium made the request. Mr. Feldstein said helium was aboriginal told by radical successful Mr. Netanyahu's adjacent ellipse to omit the connection “responsibility” from each statements.
On Ocober. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants killed immoderate 1,200 radical successful confederate Israel and took 251 hostages backmost to Gaza. Israel past launched a devastating warfare successful Gaza that has killed astir 71,000 Palestinians successful Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not differentiate betwixt civilians and combatants but says astir fractional the deaths were women and children.
Mr. Netanyahu’s bureau called the interrogation a “long bid of mendacious and recycled allegations made by a antheral with wide idiosyncratic interests who is trying to deflect work from himself,” Hebrew media reported.
Mr. Feldstein’s statements travel aft his indictment successful a lawsuit wherever helium is accused of leaking classified subject accusation to a German tabloid to amended nationalist cognition of the premier curate pursuing the sidesplitting of six hostages successful Gaza successful August of past year.
Mr. Feldstein is besides a fishy successful the “Qatargate” scandal, 1 of 2 adjacent aides to Netanyahu accused of accepting wealth from Qatar portion besides moving for the Prime Minister.
