The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Prime Minister’s Office and a security source did not deny Yisrael Beytenu chair MK Avigdor Liberman’s claim that Israel is arming crime families and militias in Gaza to fight Hamas, which he made in an interview on KAN Reshet Bet Thursday. 

‘Israel is working to defeat Hamas through various means, as recommended by all heads of the security establishment,’ the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.’ 

The security sources told The Jerusalem Post that it was ‘shocked to see the serious and dangerous leak by Liberman. It seems that there are no limits to the cynicism and populism for the sake of self-promotion and narrow political ambitions.’

The sources continued, slamming the statements: ‘These statements must be a glaring red line for anyone who cares about the security of the state. They harm, first and foremost, our soldiers and put our hostages at risk.

‘Israel’s interest is not to endanger the lives of our soldiers, but rather to use other means whenever possible,’ the security source concluded…”