The former head of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency, Nadav Argaman, has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of misleading the country over the importance of maintaining control over the Philadelphi Corridor border area between Gaza and Egypt, Al Jazeera reports.

“There is no connection between the weaponry found in Gaza and the Philadelphi Corridor,” Argaman told Israel’s Channel 12 News in a wide-ranging interview. “The majority of smuggling into Gaza was through the Rafah border crossing. We know this unequivocally,” Argaman said.

“When Netanyahu speaks of remaining on the Philadelphi Corridor, he knows very well that no smuggling takes place over the Philadelphi Corridor. So we are now relegated to living with this imaginary figment,” he said. “The entire thing is intended only to preserve this dangerous Messianic government.”

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