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Author: Noureldein Ghanem

0221 GMT -- Israel's opposition leader says Netanyahu 'sells our fighters'

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused warmonger Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining national security and betraying the country's soldiers amid the army's ongoing war in besieged Gaza.

Lapid's remarks came ahead of a meeting of a parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and defence to discuss a draft law that lowers the age of exemption from mandatory service for Haredi yeshiva students that is set to be voted on in its second and third readings before becoming law.

"Tomorrow, the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee will begin discussions on the evasion and refusal law. This is a betrayal of the fighters, a betrayal of the reservists, a betrayal of the Israeli middle class, and a betrayal of the IDF (army)," Lapid wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"The Israeli government undermines the security of the state. Netanyahu sells our fighters. Him and his smile," he added.