Netanyahu's ex-military secretary claims alteration attempt of Oct. 7 records
Avi Gil, former military secretary to Benjamin Netanyahu, alleges that the Prime Minister's office attempted to alter official records regarding the October 7 attack. Gil claims he has digitized evidence that will be provided to a future state commission of inquiry.
Why it matters
Allegations of record tampering by high-level government officials during wartime raise serious questions about transparency and accountability.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former military secretary, Avi Gil, told N12 News and Israel Hayom on Thursday that Netanyahu's chief of staff allegedly tried to change the official record of the prime minister's schedule.Shortly before leaving his position, Gil made sure the entire contents of his notebooks were digitized and stored on a classified computer in the Military Intelligence Directorate. "A state commission of inquiry will receive everything I have on the day it is established, including what I have to say," he clarified.He explained in the interview that at the end of October 2023, weeks after the start of the war, several people approached him about collecting transcripts of the day.
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