The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah hangs by a thread. Several violations were committed. Since the start of the week, Israeli air raids have left around ten dead in Lebanon, despite the theoretical truce. In Israel, however, voices are being raised to oppose the actions of Benyamin Netanyahu and his government. That in particular of a retired general. Asaf Agmon lost his soldier grandson, killed in Lebanon just before the ceasefire. He denounces the ideology of the war-mongering religious Zionists in power in Israel.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Sami Boukhelifa
He is one of the last Israeli soldiers to have fallen Lebanon. Sergeant Gur Kehati was 20 years old. He was killed in action by the Hezbollahon November 20, during an operation described as “ fiasco » by the Israeli press.
“ Gur was the victim of an error by his commander », Regrets Asaf Agmon. His grandson was assigned to accompany an Israeli civilian to Lebanon. He was also killed the same day. His name: Zeev Erlich. Age: 71 years old. Occupation : “ archaeologist and historian “. In theory, he had no business being in a theater of war.
“Benyamin Netanyahu commits war crimes by sacrificing human lives on the altar of his political agenda»
Angry, the former general does not mince his words: “ The Israeli army is corrupted by ideologues engaged in territorial conquest “, says Asaf Agmon.
“ Gur died for nothing. This civilian he was accompanying was a settler from the West Bank who thought his mission was to educate the younger generation of Israeli soldiers and make them aware of the importance of different sites in Jewish history, both in West Bank, Gaza or Lebanon. Netanyahu is committing war crimes by sacrificing human lives on the altar of his political agenda. It’s a crime! “.
In other words, Asaf Agmon accuses the Prime Minister of waging war solely to meet the demands of his ministers from the far right, and of their electoral base which wants territorial expansion.
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