Itamar Ben-Gvir on October 7: 'Lucky it happened during my shift'

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in an interview with Guy Maroz that "lucky it happened during my shift as minister," referring to the October 7 attack, and claimed that the police saved the situation. Ben-Gvir also revealed confrontations in the cabinet and the words of former Military Intelligence Director Aharon Haliva, who told him that Hamas is not seeking war.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in an interview with Guy Maroz that "lucky it happened during my shift as minister, because my police saved the situation when there were no tanks or planes." The interview will be broadcast tonight on Channel 14 as part of the series "Returning with an Answer." Ben-Gvir claimed that for a year he warned the cabinet about Hamas and demanded bombings and targeted killings, but former Military Intelligence Director Aharon Haliva dismissed his warnings and told him that "Hamas is not seeking war with us." The minister admitted that in the area of crime in Arab society, he failed to bring about the change he had hoped for.