Mossad Former Director Accuses Netanyahu of Seeking Revenge over Hostage Rescue

by Admin

Sep 23, 2024

Tamir Pardo, former director of Mossad (2011-2016). Image via GettyImage

Tamir Pardo, a former head of Israel’s Mossad spy organization, has publicly accused the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu of prioritizing seeking revenge on Hamas for the October 7 attack rather than rescuing the abducted Israelites from Hamas lair.

Tamir, who served as the director of Mossad for five years (2011-2016), should have agreed to the prisoner swap a day after the October 7 attack rather than seeking to wipe out the Hamas organization.

He disclosed this in an interview with Israeli news outlet Srugim on Sunday, he said “Israel, however, chose revenge. It knew that the hostages could not all be freed through a military offensive,”

He further said “However, the government was not bothered. It rather launched a campaign to convince the public of a false narrative as an absolute victory,”.

The former Mossad director said that the Israeli government knew that an all-out assault against Hamas in the Gaza Strip would be the end of some of the kidnapped Israeli victims in the ongoing airstrikes.

He added, “Instead of pursuing revenge, the government should have reached a deal to secure the hostages’ release first and then pursued military objectives”.

Israel currently holds a total number of 9500 Palestinian prisoners, while the Israeli prime minister has made it clear that he won’t accept a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas but will continue his campaign against them in Gaza and West Bank.

 Hamas holds 101 Israeli prisoners and the leadership has declined to attend any ceasefire negotiations with Israel and the United States government, Hamas insists that Israel must withdraw totally from Gaza and West Bank if there is to be any form of ceasefire agreement.

Nearly 41,400 people, mostly women and children, have since been killed and more than 95,700 injured, according to local health authorities.

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