"Bibi is just the messenger": Eli Albag speaks out against the policy in Gaza
Almog Boker (Channel 12) and Eli Albag, father of observer soldier Liri Albag, were interviewed on 103fm following Boker's report on the observers in the Gaza envelope. Both addressed the fear that warnings from the field are once again not receiving an adequate response from the senior echelon.
This morning, Almog Boker was interviewed on 103fm radio regarding his report on Channel 12 about the observers serving in the Gaza envelope. His report highlighted that observers identify Hamas terrorists adapting to the new reality in the Strip and testing the IDF's response. Eli Albag, father of Liri, the observer kidnapped on October 7, joined the interview with Gideon Oko and Professor Aryeh Eldad.
Eli Albag expressed deep concern over what he views as the return of the "conception":
"My hair is standing on end. We are returning to the containment policy again. We need to tell our Prime Minister, Donald Trump, that it doesn't work like that. We have a Prime Minister, his name is Benjamin Netanyahu, but apparently above him Donald Trump is pulling the strings, and he doesn't quite live what we have been living for 80 years."
"The Prime Minister of Israel is Trump, yes. He has a messenger here, his name is Bibi, and those who understand will understand, — he stated. — We contain and contain, and who? The terrorists? How did Liri say to me? There are two and a half million terrorists there, and let them not tell stories. Peace with them will never happen."
Later, Albag described the mental state of survivors of captivity: "Whoever thinks that the hostages have returned and everything is fine, I will continue to say that it is not easy and there are scars." He called on the public to show sensitivity: "They are very sensitive to attacks. If someone did something or said something that the other side doesn't like, then they start tearing them apart." According to him, returnees feel guilt and sorrow for those left behind.
Almog Boker noted a significant gap between the political echelon's directives and the reality on the ground: "Before what was signed, the message was 'removal of threat'. After the agreement, it was 'removal of immediate threat'. There is a big difference here in one word."
"The threat is becoming more and more real, — warned the Channel 12 reporter. — The observers feel that this threat could lead to harm to the forces. One of the observers told me, 'I am willing to go to prison so that someone will listen to me'. There is a very clear directive from the political echelon, and the IDF is acting according to this directive. We do not want to anger the Americans in this context, and therefore we are taking our foot off the gas."
