(Jpost).IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi issued an official apology Wednesday night after his verbal confrontation a day earlier with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the cabinet meeting on the state budget.
"The comments were uttered under the influence of heated emotions, without any intention to hurt either the Prime Minister or any of the ministers present. If my words caused any harm, then I regret them and feel myself obligated to apologize for them," Ashkenazi said in a statement he released.
