Netanyahu personally responsible for ongoing crisis in northern Israel, watchdog finds

For the first time since he was appointed, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman specified the prime minister by name in a report as responsible and found that the government had delayed plans, shifted responsibility and failed to properly deal with evacuated northern residents and local authorities

For the first time since his appointment in 2019, the state comptroller found Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally responsible for the government's handling of the individual, social and economic crises facing communities in northern Israel since the war began.

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