The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said he was responsible for the training and qualification of the terrorists in the brigade, who planned and carried out terrorist plots against Israeli forces and Israeli civilians during the war.
"Israel, like any sovereign nation is fully entitled under international law to take necessary self-defensive measures. The Prime Minister of Israel has already declared that this is a state of war against the Hamas terrorists, a war which was launched against us on our holy day of Sabbath,"