Another day has passed on which Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, losing his grip on power, did not initiate a new military offensive against Iran. Yesterday, Channel 12 News reported, according to the Times of Israel (TOI), on an ongoing struggle at recent meetings, where IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir is resisting Netanyahu’s attempts to trigger a hot war. TOI cited multiple sources to report that Channel 12 News, in TOI’s words, “said Zamir was convinced the unspecified actions would be unwise at present given the political uncertainty in Israel and the White House’s dwindling desire for war with Iran….”

While the IDF held back any comments, Netanyahu’s office called the report of Zamir’s comments “biased fake news. We don’t comment on what was said in closed security deliberations.”

Today, Gadi Eisenkot, as he is forming the next government, called on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to intervene so that he could receive regular security briefings from Netanyahu. He said that he should receive “regular, structured and comprehensive” briefings and access to intelligence assessments, because there is currently no opposition leader under the law and President Isaac Herzog has tasked him with forming a government. Netanyahu’s office, he said, is not providing such briefings.

Eisenkot also urged the attorney general, in TOI’s words, “to ensure that any military or operational action is properly discussed and approved by the cabinet and government, as required by law. He said this is necessary for ‘effective oversight, proper national decision-making and protection of security interests'.”