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Israeli analysts criticized a television interview by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a Turkish channel in which he launched a scathing attack on ministers in the current Israeli government, while families of Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip expressed anger at the end of the temporary truce.

During his interview with the Turkish channel "TRT" International, Olmert described Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir and his comrades as enemies, thugs, murderers and terrorists.

One political analyst considered – according to the Israeli media clip – an interview by a former Israeli prime minister with Turkish television is inappropriate in time of war, calling it "a shameful act and a betrayal of state security."

Another analyst criticized the interview, saying that "the timing is completely inappropriate, and the terminology he used is also inappropriate on Turkish television."

A third analyst described Olmert's television interview as "shameful, miserable and unjustifiable incitement, especially since Israel is at war to preserve state security," denouncing his use of terms such as murderers and saboteurs when talking about ministers in the current government.


Families of prisoners

Alon Nimrodi, the father of an Israeli prisoner in Gaza, said Hamas "runs us, runs the negotiations and the war, and manages everything."

He revealed that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had nodded his head that his words were not true, to which he replied, "Don't point to me with your head that this is not true, don't tell me that they don't run us, they run you."

One of the prisoners' families criticized the failure to talk about the captured Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, saying, "You did not hear our voices because it is forbidden to speak. You don't listen to us. There is no one to talk about soldiers, shame on you."

For his part, Danny Miran, the father of one of the Israeli prisoners in Gaza, touched on the meeting with Ben Gvir, and said that he got angry and came out in the middle of the meeting when the latter began to talk about making all efforts, using all mediation and conducting negotiations.

"This is completely unacceptable, because the one who did all of the above was (Hamas leader in Gaza) Yahya Sinwar. He is the one who managed all this and he is the one who is running this war."

Source : Al Jazeera