Ex-Israel Coach Blasts Netanyahu Over Oct. 7 Failures

Three years after the October 7th massacre, former Israeli national team coach Shlomo Sharf, who lost his granddaughter Mai Naim in the Nova music festival attack, delivered a scathing critique of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the government's leadership. Speaking on a radio show, Sharf recounted the horrific events of that day, detailing how his granddaughter was killed in a Gaza-bound shelter. He expressed disbelief that the government has continued to serve for three years without establishing a state commission of inquiry, questioning what Bennett or Lapid would have done in a similar situation. Sharf accused Netanyahu of being responsible for the deaths, stating his hands are "stained with the blood of the children" and that he should have resigned immediately after the massacre. He also criticized the government for attempting to reframe the event as a "war of revival" and for what he called the "disgrace" of holding celebrations at the Nova site where so many were murdered. Sharf asserted that Netanyahu is a "criminal" who should be in jail and accused him of transferring millions of dollars to Hamas, which he claimed enabled the construction of tunnels. Radio host Eli Ohana, who was co-hosting, attempted to moderate by mentioning the US president did not resign after 9/11 and that security forces also advocated for transferring funds to Hamas, but Sharf remained resolute in his condemnation. Sharf concluded by calling for a new, democratic government to rectify the country's perceived failures and existential dangers.