Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told off IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, during a Security Cabinet meeting after Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Omer Tischler released a letter on Tuesday revealing details on the canceled attack on Iran, Ynet reported.
"He shouldn't have written that. This was a national mistake and a blow to our unity," Netanyahu told Zamir. "It embarrasses us in front of Trump."
The letter, Ynet reported, claimed that an attack on Iran last week had been canceled only an hour before it was due to begin.
The attack came after Israel launched several other attacks against both Iran and Hezbollah, Tischler wrote, including strikes in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut.
"It is too early to know how global developments will affect the security reality, but our mission was and remains to protect the security of the State of Israel and to act on its behalf," the letter read. "Men and women of the force, my subordinates, in a time of uncertainty, I have full confidence in you."
Israel strikes Dahiyeh in response to Hezbollah fire
The IDF's strikes in Dahiyeh were in response to Hezbollah fire toward Israeli territory, Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Sunday in a joint statement.
"Israel will not tolerate fire directed at its territory," the statement said.
The strikes precisely targeted one of Hezbollah's command centers located within Dahiyeh used by the terror organization to "advance terrorist attacks against the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon," the military added.