24 February 2024
Former Israeli Maj. Gen. Itzhak Brik revealed on Saturday the “total chaos” suffered by soldiers in the Gaza Strip in terms of the availability of equipment and logistical services needed for war, Anadolu reports.
Brik, a former military general, told the Israeli daily Maariv about the “total chaos in Israeli army ranks that is not talked about in the media.”
He said, “The equipment, logistics, food, and everything needed to move us forward is not working, because the army has entrusted everything to private companies.”
“There is no one to repair the tanks immediately, dozens of tanks are stuck in the Gaza Strip waiting to be withdrawn,” he added.
The former Israeli general noted that “of course, the media does not talk about this, but the equipment does not work.”
Brik pointed out that he has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu six times since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7.
“But his staff did not want him (Netanyahu) to hear the truth, so they kept him away from me,” he said, adding: “I told him that the army is not ready to go immediately to war, because there are soldiers who have not trained for five years and there is a shortage of equipment.”
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