IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari, who came under fire for his comments on Motzei Shabbos that “no one could imagine” that Hezbollah would fire at children, apologized on Sunday.
He wrote on X: “Yesterday, during an interview I carried out from the scene of the disaster in Majdal Shams, I said: ‘No one thought that a murderous terrorist organization would fire a missile at a soccer field where boys and girls are playing.’ The wording I chose was wrong.”
“I would like to clarify that my intention in my words was to illustrate the cruelty of the murderous Hezbollah terror organization.”
“At this time, when the funerals are taking place in Majdal Shams, our hearts go out to the families and residents, who lost the most precious of all.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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He already explained what he really meant but the damage was done. The problem is that he doesn’t know English fluently. That is obvious the way he reads his teleprompter. IDF should have a native speaker review what he is going to say before it goes putlic or get a spokesman who really knows the language he speaks.
Y glazier
You know he said it in hebrew? Just sayin..