According to a report by Al Jazeera, Avigdor Lieberman, the head of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is Our Home) party and former Israeli defense minister, has sharply criticized the current Israeli government and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the military's performance in the ongoing conflict.
"We are losers and unable to win and Israeli deterrence is zero," Lieberman told Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
"There is a lot of frustration among our soldiers in Rafah, they don't understand what they want and they feel like ducks in the shooting range."
Lieberman, who previously served as defense minister, went on to say, "The government is not able to win, neither in the south nor in the north, and Gallant bears responsibility immediately after Netanyahu." His comments reflect growing discontent within the Israeli military and political establishment over the government's handling of the conflict.
The situation in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, has been particularly tense, with Israeli forces engaged in clashes with Palestinian resistance groups.