FM says Netanyahu seeking to save himself with ‘US blood and treasure’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is desperately trying to evade justice by sacrificing more American lives and resources.
In a post on his X account, Araghchi said Netanyahu is a “wanted war criminal” who is responsible for the deaths of Arabs, Americans and Iranians, Press TV reported.
He added that the Israeli prime minister is seeking to evade justice while showing no regard for the lives of his own people.
The top Iranian diplomat likened Netanyahu to a “degenerate gambler,” saying he was desperately trying to save himself by spilling more American blood and squandering US resources.
“Even US Senators want out,” Araghchi wrote.
The Iranian foreign minister attached a video to his post featuring Maj. Gen. Avi Gil, a former senior aide to Netanyahu, who has renewed criticism of the Israeli prime minister over the events of October 7, 2023.
Gil, who served as Netanyahu’s military secretary from July 2021 to May 2024, has said that the Israeli leader was warned internally of the potential for war ahead of the October 7 attacks and that there remained “enormous gaps” between what the public knows and what really happened.
Gil woke up the Israeli prime minister on the morning of the deadliest attacks in its history. His comments put fresh pressure just weeks before a critical election that will determine Netanyahu’s political future.
Late in February, 36 former Israeli officials, including five former heads of the spy agency Shin Bet, have said Netanyahu bears sole responsibility for the military and intelligence failures that enabled the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7, 2023.