The sharp division between Zionist officials

An Israeli security cabinet meeting about the hostage release and Gaza ceasefire deal erupted on Thursday night and turned into an unprecedented shouting match between Netanyahu and Gallant.

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Date: 31 August 2024 - 16:27

TEHRAN (Defapress) - According to the Axios report, the Zionist cabinet meeting took place amid ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas — mediated by the U.S., Qatar, and Egypt — on a deal to release hostages and establish a ceasefire in Gaza.

During the discussion, Netanyahu briefed the cabinet ministers on where the negotiations stand.

One of the issues he talked about was his demand that the IOF stay fully deployed along the Philadelphi corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border during the implementation of the hostage and ceasefire deal. Hamas and Egypt are opposed to this demand.

Netanyahu showed the cabinet ministers the maps of the IOF deployment along the Egypt-Gaza border and said they were drawn by the IOF and endorsed by the Biden administration, officials said.

The officials said Gallant then interjected and accused Netanyahu of forcing the maps on the IOF, even though the military's position is it can mitigate the risks of withdrawing forces from the area to reach a hostage deal.

Netanyahu got mad, banged his hand on the table, accused Gallant of lying, and announced he was bringing the maps to a cabinet vote on the spot, according to the prime minister's aides.

Gallant responded with a sharp attack of his own. "As the prime minister you are authorized to bring to a vote any decision you want — including executing the hostages," the defense minister told Netanyahu, according to one of Gallant's aides.

We have to choose between Philadelphia and the hostages. We can't have both. If we vote, we might find out that either the hostages will die or we will have to backtrack to release them," Gallant said, according to one of his aides.

In the vote that followed, Gallant found himself isolated. Netanyahu and seven other ministers voted in favor of maintaining full military control over the Philadelphi corridor. Gallant was the only one who voted against the resolution, officials said.

The argument between these two Zionist officials may lead to Galant's fire from his position or Netayahu's failure in the action field of saving hostages. It seems that The Zionist regime prefers the Philadelphia corridor to the lives of their hostages and the extremist ministers of Netanyahu are pushing his political life, right to destruction.