Israeli general takes swipe at Netanyahu: ‘Be worthy of us’

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Israel’s politicians must “be worthy” of the soldiers fighting Hamas in Gaza, a senior Israel Defense Forces official declared in an off-script rebuke of the civilian leaders.

“You need to be worthy of the soldiers who lost their lives,” IDF Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus said during a press conference. “You need to be worthy of the reservists who don’t care what [political] side they are on and fought and fight alongside each other.”

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