Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich admitted he did not know about the existence of the Nukhba forces prior to October 7 in a National Education Conference with Makor Rishon on Thursday.
“There is a serious problem with the relationship between the military and the government; the government is constantly kept out of the loop,” he said.
“I didn't know there was such a thing as Nukhba before October 7, and I'm someone who always reads security cabinet materials - I didn't know a quarter of the infrastructure that exists in Lebanon for the Radwan force.”
Smotrich continued, “There are enormous information gaps; there is disobedience from the senior command in the IDF to the political echelon not once, not twice, and not three times."
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“There is a serious problem with the relationship between the military and the government; the government is constantly kept out of the loop,” he said.
“I didn't know there was such a thing as Nukhba before October 7, and I'm someone who always reads security cabinet materials - I didn't know a quarter of the infrastructure that exists in Lebanon for the Radwan force.”
Smotrich continued, “There are enormous information gaps; there is disobedience from the senior command in the IDF to the political echelon not once, not twice, and not three times."
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