Conflict Between Israeli Leaders Over Iran

And tense between the prime minister and the IDF chief.

Yaron Avraham, over to you. Donald Trump said there would be no attack tonight.

A few hours ago, you told us that same confrontation between the IDF chief and the head

of government is behind these developments. What can you tell us?

That’s right, Yonit, and allow me to be as precise as possible and

adhere to the military censor’s instructions on this matter.

We submitted the details just a few, uh, minutes ago and received

approval for the following, and I’ll put it this way: We

are now revealing that there is an unprecedented confrontation between IDF Chief of Staff

Eyal Zamir and the prime minister. A confrontation that reached its peak, or

its low point, over the past 24 hours specifically, with the issue

in the background being the Iranian question and the concern

of Zamir and senior military officials that the political echelon may

lead Israel into a scenario of miscalculation with

Iran just before the elections. A security source I

speak with regularly tells me this is an operation that could lead to a lightning confrontation

with Iran at a sensitive and dramatic time and create the

The same miscalculation. Sources familiar with the details tell us

the military leadership fears an attempt by the

political leadership to exploit the Iran issue for political gain.

This is a claim that the political sources I speak to

deny, saying it is an outright lie.

In any case, this hostility and these poor

relations between Zamir and Netanyahu were evident today in the discussion

held in Palmachim. Sources who attended the discussion say the room,

the atmosphere in the room, was extremely tense, and that in

recent days Zamir received some directive from the political leadership that I

cannot detail in terms of its nature or content, and he

is requesting an in-depth discussion with the political leadership before

it is carried out. It has reached the point where he is also requesting legal

written authorization from the prime minister for this

move. A senior security official tells us history will not

forget the role Zamir has played here in recent days.

These are the details we know. To sum it up,

an extraordinarily severe clash between Zamir and Netanyahu

On the issue of Iran, just before the elections.