Far-left MK Cassif calls cost of life in rescue operation 'disgraceful'

Far-left Israeli MK Ofer Cassif condemned the Israeli government for the "price" paid to retrieve the four Israeli captives from Gaza.

"The liberation is joyful, the price is disgraceful," Cassif said in a post to X social media site in Hebrew.

"There is certainly no heroism here. The blood of thousands - abductees, Palestinian civilians, Israelis and soldiers - could and should have been spared if the government of atrocities had come to a deal immediately after the October massacre and on the countless occasions since then," Cassif said.