Israel national security adviser says he was fired by Netanyahu
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre), Minister of Regional Cooperation Tzachi Hanegbi (left) and Cabinet Secretary Tzahi Braverman at a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, on Dec 29, 2019.
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JERUSALEM - Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said on Oct 21 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked him, ending his tenure immediately.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu informed me today of his intention to appoint a new head of the National Security Council,” Mr Hanegbi said in a statement.
He also called for an investigation into security failures during Hamas’s unprecedented Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.
Two years after the attack, Mr Netanyahu’s government has yet to set up a commission to investigate the matter, with Israel’s opposition accusing him of stalling the process.
Mr Netanyahu’s office published on Oct 21 a statement thanking Mr Hanegbi “for his service as head of the National Security Council over the past three years, and wishes him great success in his future path”.
Mr Hanegbi, a former Member of Parliament for Mr Netanyahu’s Likud party and a minister, had been national security adviser since 2023.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, Mr Netanyahu has also sacked defence minister Yoav Gallant Ronen Bar
A fragile ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since Oct 10. AFP
