Likud Slams Avi Gil's 'Blood Libel' Over Alleged Protocol Forgery

In media interviews, Gil, who served as Military Secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alleged that there was an unusual effort to collect and alter records during the early weeks of the war. He specifically claimed that he was informed of an instruction to change the recorded time of a phone call in which he updated Netanyahu on the morning of October 7th. Gil also stated that recommendations for preemptive actions in Gaza had been rejected before the war, and he plans to submit his documentation to a state commission of inquiry if one is established.

Likud dismissed Gil's claims as a false blood libel, asserting that the allegations against the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Tzachi Braverman, were thoroughly investigated by the police two years ago. According to Likud, the police recommended closing the case due to a lack of substance. The party accused opposition figures of attempting to revive a dead issue out of political panic ahead of elections, though Arutz Sheva reported that the case file has been transferred to the State Prosecutor's Office for a decision on indictment.