WEST BANK (Dispatches) – The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has defeated the Zionist regime’s occupation army, which considers itself “the strongest army” in the Middle East, retired Israeli General and military expert, Yitzhak Brik, has said, considering the defeat a “severe blow to Israel’s deterrence”.
In an article published on Sunday in the Hebrew Maariv newspaper under the title “Leading Israel to Mass Suicide: The IDF Continues to Fight the Wars of the Past”,
Brik said the “defeat” will encourage the Zionist regime’s “enemies” to prepare for war against it, and “all this because of a group that has lost its way, its rationality, and its wisdom” referring to the cabinet of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu whom Brik holds responsible for the losses incurred in Gaza.
According to the former senior armored corps officer who served as commander of military colleges and head of the army’s Complaints Committee, all that matters to the Netanyahu’s cabinet “is personal and governmental survival”, adding that they “are leading the people of Israel to mass suicide.”
The Israeli army, Brik explained, “made a strategic mistake when it invested heavily in the air force, especially in purchasing expensive aircraft, under the pretext that enemies continue to arm themselves with cheap missiles and drones, for which Israel has no response.”
Meanwhile, Netanyahu appeared before the Tel Aviv District Court on Monday for a third session of cross-examination in his corruption trial on corruption charges, with a protester calling him a “loser.”
According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, the trial session focused on Case 1000, in which the Israeli premier is accused of fraud and breach of trust for accepting luxury gifts worth hundreds of thousands of shekels from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan, and doing various commercial favors in return.
Netanyahu’s lawyer asked the court to end the cross-examination early, citing “an important diplomatic call” for the premier, without giving further details.
At the court during a recess time, Netanyahu was interrupted by a person shouting at him and calling the prime minister a “loser,” according to Israeli media.
“Why are you smiling, loser? Bring back the captives (from Gaza). You are a disgrace,” the man shouted before being taken out of the court.
Last week, Netanyahu was cross-examined by prosecutors for the first time in his criminal trial.
Israeli media called Netanyahu’s cross-examination a “dramatic shift,” as it was the first time that the Israeli premier appeared before representatives of the public prosecution for Case 1,000.
Netanyahu faces three separate cases of corruption filed in 2019 against him: Case 1,000, Case 2,000, and Case 4,000, which include accusations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. He denies any wrongdoing, calling the accusations “fake.”