Former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman claimed Thursday that Israel has been arming criminal gangs in Gaza, revealing that Tel Aviv transferred assault rifles and light weapons into the war-torn enclave.
He said the weapons were transferred to the gangs upon orders of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"In my opinion, the Cabinet hasn’t approved the transfer of weapons, but the head of the General Security Service (Shin Bet) was aware,” he added.
"We are talking about what is equivalent to ISIS (Daesh) in Gaza. No one guarantees that these weapons will not be directed at Israel. We have no means of monitoring or tracking,” Lieberman said.
According to KAN, Netanyahu’s office did not deny arming groups in Gaza.
